Key dates Flashcards
1
Q
1607
A
Virginia established
2
Q
1754
A
Albany conference
3
Q
1756-63
A
The French-Indian (or Seven Years’) War
4
Q
1759
A
Britain captured Quebec
5
Q
1760
A
Accession of George III
6
Q
1763
A
Peace of Paris
7
Q
When was Georgia established?
A
1732
8
Q
The Proclamation Line
A
1763
9
Q
The Sugar and Currency Acts
A
1764
10
Q
Repeal of the Stamp Act
A
1766
11
Q
Townshend Duties
A
1767 March
12
Q
New York Restraining Act
A
1767 March
13
Q
Boston Massacre
A
1770 March
14
Q
Repeal of the Townshend Duties
A
1770 April
15
Q
The Tea Act
A
1773 May
16
Q
Boston Tea Party
A
1773 December
17
Q
The Coercive Acts
A
1774 Spring
18
Q
First Continental Congress
A
1774 September
19
Q
Lexington and Concord fighting
A
April 1775
20
Q
Second Continental Congress
A
May 1775
21
Q
Battle of Bunker Hill
A
June 1775
22
Q
Olive Branch Petition
A
July 1775
23
Q
Failure of American invasion of Canada
A
1775-6
24
Q
Publication of Common Sense
A
January 1776
25
Declaration of Independence
July 1776
26
When was the War of Independence?
1776-83
27
When did British forces land in New York 1776
July
28
When did Howe capture Philadelphia?
September 1777
29
When did Burgoyne surrender at Saratoga?
October 1777
30
When was there an American alliance with France?
1778
31
When did Spain join the war?
1779
32
When did Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown?
1781
33
When did Lord North resign?
1782
34
When was the (later) Peace of Paris?
1783
35
When was the Battle of Long Island? (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights)
27th August 1776
36
When was the Virginian Declaration of Rights?
June 1776
37
When were the Articles of Confederation drafted?
July 1776
38
When did Vermont declare itself an independent state?
January 1777
39
When did Vermont abolish slavery?
July 1777
40
When did Pennsylvania abolish slavery?
1780
41
When were the Articles of Confederation ratified?
1781
42
1785
Land Ordnance
43
1786
The Annapolis meeting
44
1786-7
Shay's Rebellion
45
1787 May-September
The Northwest Ordinance
46
When was the meeting of the Philadelphia Convention
1787
47
When was the Constitution ratified?
1788
48
When was Washington elected president?
April 1789
49
When was the Judiciary Act?
September 1789
50
When was the Bank of the United States chartered?
February 1791
51
When was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
December 1791
52
When was Washington re-elected president?
1792
53
When was the Whiskey Insurrection?
June 1794
54
When was Jay's Treaty with Britain?
November 1794
55
When was the Treaty of San Lorenzo?
1795
56
When was John Adams elected president?
1796
57
When was the XYZ affair?
1797
58
When was the Alien and Sedition Acts?
1798
59
When was Thomas Jefferson elected president?
1801
