Colonization
American Revolution
Early Republic
Important People
Chronology!
100

This event is often noted as the reason that indentured servitude decreased in the middle colonies, and was replaced with slavery

Bacon's Rebellion

100

This is the term used to describe how for a long period if time, Britain left colonists to manage themselves, leading to development of a political identity

Salutary Neglect
100

Anti-federalists insisted upon the addition of this to the Constitution

Bill of Rights

100

This man was a noted Federalist and proponent of a national bank

Alexander Hamilton

100

A: Stamp Act
B: Townshend Acts
C: French and Indian War

C, A, B

200

This cash crop was mainly farmed in the middle colonies due to fertile soil and access to waterways for transportation

Tobacco

200
These were communication networks established by colonists to coordinate resistance against Britain

Committees of Correspondance

200

This event caused Thomas Jefferson to contradict his political policy of limited government

Louisiana Purchase
200

This enlightenment writer inspired the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" included in the Declaration of Independence

John Locke

200

A: Battle of Yorktown
B: Battle of Lexington and Concord
C: Declaration of Independence

B, C, A

300

This group of European colonizers focused on forced labor and forced cultural conversion with the indigenous tribes they encountered

The Spanish

300

This act was the first direct tax by the British on American colonists

Stamp Act

300

This election year was the first peaceful transition of power

1800

300

This Quaker founded a colony noted for its religious tolerance and peaceful interactions with Native Americans

William Penn

300

A: Constitutional Convention
B: Articles of Confederation
C: Bill of Rights ratified

B, A, C

400

This colony, founded by Roger Williams, was often seen as a haven of religious toleration and a separation of church and state

Rhode Island
400
This statement promised freedom to any enslaved people or indentured servants who fought for the British army against the U.S. rebels

Dunmore's Proclamation

400

These acts were used by John Adams to punish those seen as "dangerous" and silence domestic opposition

Alien and Sedition Acts

400

This future Vice-President wrote the Federalist Papers with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton

James Madison

400

A: Puritans arrive in Massachussets Bay Colony
B: Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth
C: Jamestown founded

C, B, A

500

This revolt against the Spanish included Pueblos, Navajos, & Apache Native Americans attacking Santa Fe

Pueblo Revolt

500

This battle is widely recognized as a "turning point" in the Revolution, as it secured French support

The Battle of Saratoga

500

This plan led the way for a bicameral legislature with population-based representation

Virginia Plan

500

This American journalist was acquitted after being accused of seditious libel by the colonial governor of New York

Peter Zenger

500

A: Whiskey Acts
B: XYZ Affair
C: Alien and Sedition Acts

A, B, C

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