Battles and Wars
French and Indian War
(7 years war)
1756-1763
What year was the term “New World” coined by Amerigo Vespucci
1503
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*
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
What was passed in 1791 that the Anti-Federalists were in favor of ratification for
1791 - (I-X) Bill of Rights
England defeats the Spanish armada
1588
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)
what happened in the year 1497
John Cabot lands in North America
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
What Amendments were passed in 1795 and 1804
1795 - (XI) Judicial Powers
1804 - (XII) Vice/Presidential Selection
Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party
1770, and 1773
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)
What happened in the year 1499
Amerigo Vespucci explores the New World for Spain, later Portugal
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
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)
Whiskey Rebellion, undeclared naval war with France
1794, 1798
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
What happened in 1679 and 1682
1679-French explore, claim Minnesota
1682-La Salle claims Louisiana for France
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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