ERAS
YEARS
BATTLES
PEOPLE
DOCUMENTS
100

1600'S

Colonization/13 colonies 

100

Jamestown

1607

100

first battle/shots of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

100

Common Sense 

Thomas Paine

100

list of grievances

Declaration of Independence

200

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War

200

Declaration of Independence

1776

200

first battle of the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord 

200

author of the Declaration 

Thomas Jefferson

200

seen as too weak and thrown out

Articles of Confederation

300

first 5 presidents

Early Republic 

300

Civil War ends

1865

300

turning point of the Revolution 

Saratoga 

300

creator of the National Bank

Alexander Hamilton

300

ended the American Revolution

Treaty of Paris of 1783

400

Manifest Destiny 

Westward Expansion

400

Louisiana Purchase 

1803

400

1st turning point of the Civil War 

Battle of Gettysburg

400

president of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

400

ended the French and Indian War

Treaty of Paris of 1763

500

Trail of Tears

Age of Jackson/Andrew Jackson

500

Proclamation Line of _______

1763

500

2nd turning point of the Civil War

Battle of Vicksburg
500

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe

500

contains the Bill of Rights

Constitution

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