Key Dates
Constitutional Convention
1787
1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
the only tribe to not ally with the French in the French and Indian War
Iroquois
led a rebellion during the Critical Period of United States history
Daniel Shays
First Continental Congress
1774
1783
Treaty of Paris
said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Patrick Henry
Daily Double!
British advantages in the French and Indian War
superior manpower, control of the high seas, better supplied through agriculture/manufacturing
wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone
Battle of New Orleans
1815
1791
Bill of Rights
plan that Benjamin Franklin proposed for a union of the colonies
Albany Plan
won the Battle of Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
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effects of the Great Awakening
thousands converted, new missionary spirit kindled, new colleges founded
Critical Period
1781-1789
1630
Massachusetts Bay Colony founded
Native American who fought for the British in both the French and Indian War and the War for Independence
Joseph Brandt
American War for Independence begins
April 19, 1775
compromise that resolved the issue of states’ slave population
Three-fifths Compromise
Federalist Era
1789-1800
1814
Treaty of Ghent
German printer and editor whose trial established the principle of freedom of the press
John Peter Zenger
captain of the Bonhomme Richard
John Paul Jones
first written constitution in the present-day United States
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut