Battles and Wars
Notable Events
Exploration, Discovery, Statehood and Territories
Colonies and settlements
Documents, Acts, Treaties, Constitutional Amendments
100

French and Indian War

(7 years war)

 1756-1763

100

What year was the term “New World” coined by Amerigo Vespucci

1503 

100

What happened in the year 1492

(2 things, half points for one)

1-Columbus arrives in San Salvador (Bahamas)

2-John Cabot explores New World for England (Newfoundland)

*in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue*

100

What happened between 1565 and 1607

(name at least 1)

1565 - Spain est. St. Augustine, FL - first permanent settlement in US

1585 - First English colony, “Lost” Roanoke Isl. (NC)

1607 - First permanent English settlement est. Jamestown, VA


100

What was passed in 1791 that the Anti-Federalists were in favor of ratification for

1791 - (I-X) Bill of Rights

200

England defeats the Spanish armada

1588

200

What happened in 1777-1788

(name at least 2)

June 14, 1777 - Congress adopts Stars & Stripes as first flag

1787 - Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia

1787-1788 - Federalist Papers published (Hamilton, Jay, Madison)

200

what happened in the year 1497

John Cabot lands in North America

200

What happened between 1620 and 1624

(name at least 2)

1620 - Pilgrims sail on Mayflower, est. Plymouth Colony

1624 - New Netherland founded by Dutch West India Co.

1624 - Dutch found New Amsterdam




1630 - Massachusetts Bay Company, John Winthrope

1630-1640 “Great Migration” of Puritans from England to Mass.

1634 - Maryland founded as haven for Catholics

1636 - Rhode Island founded for religious dissidents, Roger Williams

1636 - Connecticut founded by Thomas Hooker, Puritans

1638 - Delaware founded (Neth, Swe)

1663 - Founding of Carolina Colony


200

What Amendments were passed in 1795 and 1804

1795 - (XI) Judicial Powers

1804 - (XII) Vice/Presidential Selection

300

Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party

1770, and 1773

300

What happened between 1791-1800

(name at least 1)

1791 - Bank of the United States created

1794 - Washington’s Farewell Address

1797 - XYZ Affair (France)

1800 - Revolution of 1800 (peaceful transfer of power)

300

What happened in the year 1499

Amerigo Vespucci explores the New World for Spain, later Portugal 

300

What happened between 1682 and 1729

(name at least 3)

1682 - Spanish settlements in Texas

1682 - France claims Ohio region

1684 - La Salle builds outposts in Illinois & Texas for France

1699 - French settle in Mississippi

1701 - Detroit (MI) founded by French

1706 - Albuquerque (NM) founded by Spanish

1729 - Carolinas separate into North and South

300

What happened between 1789 and 1798

(name at least 3)

1789 - Judiciary Act of 1789

1791 - Bill of Rights

1793 - Neutrality Proclamation (France/England)

1794 - Jay’s Treaty with Britain

1795 - Pickney’s Treaty with Spain

1798 - Alien & Sedition Acts (Adams)

1798 - Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions (Jefferson & Madison)

400

Whiskey Rebellion, undeclared naval war with France

1794, 1798 

400

What happened between 1706 and 1743

(name at least 4)

1706 - Benjamin Franklin born

1732 - Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard’s Almanac

1732 - George Washington born

1735 - John Adams born

1730s-1750s - “Great Awakening”

1741 - Jonathan Edwards’s sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

1743 - Thomas Jefferson born

400

What happened in 1679 and 1682

1679-French explore, claim Minnesota

1682-La Salle claims Louisiana for France

400

What happened between 1630 and 1663

1630 - Massachusetts Bay Company, John Winthrope

1630-1640 “Great Migration” of Puritans from England to Mass.

1634 - Maryland founded as haven for Catholics

1636 - Rhode Island founded for religious dissidents, Roger Williams

1636 - Connecticut founded by Thomas Hooker, Puritans

1638 - Delaware founded (Neth, Swe)

1663 - Founding of Carolina Colony

400

What happened between 1777 and 1788

(nname at least 4)

1777 - Articles of Confederation written

1781 - Articles of Confederation ratified by the states

1783 - Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution, establishes United States as an independent nation

1787 - Northwest Land Ordinance enacted

Sept. 17, 1787 - Constitution approved by convention, goes to states for ratification

June 21, 1788 - Constitution ratified

500

Name at least 5 Battles/Wars between 1773-1786

(there are lots) 

1773-Boston Tea Party

1775- Lexington and Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, American Revolution (1775-1783), Battle of Bunker Hill.

1776-Battle of Trenton, Washington crosses the Delaware River

1777 - Battles of Saratoga, Continental Army winters at Valley Forge

1778 - France enters the war on the side of the American revolutionaries

1781 - British defeated at Battle of Yorktown, Cornwallis surrenders

1786 - Shay’s Rebellion

500

What happened between 1517 and 1701

(name at least 5)

1517 - Luther, Protestant Reformation

1534 - Henry VIII - Acts of Supremacy - Church of England

1530 - John Calvin breaks with Catholic Church

1619 - Virginia begins representative assembly - House of Burgesses

1620 - Mayflower Compact signed - rule by majority

1636 - Harvard College founded (MA)

1701 - Yale College founded (CT)

500

What colonies were founded in 1787, 1788, and 1789

1787-Deleware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

1788-Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York.

1789-North Carolina

500

What happened between 1679 and 1732

(name as many as you can)

1679 - New Hampshire Colony separates from Massachusetts

1681 - Pennsylvania founded by William Penn for freedom of worship

1732 - Georgia founded, utopian buffer state, General J. Oglethorpe

500

What happened between 1763 and 1776

(name at least 5)

1763 - Treaty of Paris, French territories ceded to England

1764 - Sugar Act

1764 - Currency Act

1765 - Stamp Act

1765 - Quartering Act

1766 - Stamp Act repealed, Declaratory Act passed

1774 - Coercive Acts, aka Intolerable Acts

1776 - Declaration of Independence

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