Timeline of U. S. HISTORY TO 1877 Date~Event~Significance 1607 Jamestown 1 st permanent English settlement 1619 Virginia House of Beginning of representative government in colonies Burgesses 1624 New Netherland Dutch buy Manhattan Island from the Indians 1620 Mayflower Compact Beginning of self-government by colonists 1730- 1 st Great Renewal of faith; affected people of all backgrounds 1740 Awakening 1754- French and Indian Removes French from North America; begins problems 1763 War between England and the colonies 1775 Shot Heard Round Lexington/Concord; beginning of American Revolution the World 1776 Declaration of Colonies declare intent to separate from England Independence 1781- American War between Great Britain and its 13 colonies; led to 1783 Revolution founding of United States of America. Imp. battles: Lexington, Concord, Saratoga. 1781 Battle of Fighting ends in American Revolution; British general, Yorktown Charles Cornwallis, surrenders 1783 Treaty of Paris England recognizes the United States as a nation 1787 Constitutional Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation; Convention resulted in new form of govt. (Constitutional) 1787 Northwest Law that set up govt. for Northwest Territory; provided Ordinance way for new states to be admitted 1790s Industrial Beginning of mass production, interchangeable parts; Revolution lower costs of goods. Led to urbanization and Poor working conditions 1791 Bill of Rights 1 st ten amendments; guarantee individual freedoms 1800- 2nd Great Religious movement; led to condemnation of slavery 1804 Awakening 1812 War of 1812 War with England over impressments of sailors. Francis Scott Key – “Star Spangled Banner” Andrew Jackson gained fame at the Battle of New Orleans. 1823 Monroe Doctrine Policy statement by Pres. James Monroe warning European countries not to interfere with newly independent countries in Latin America 1835- Trail of Tears Forced relocation of Cherokee Indians to west of 1838 the Mississippi; Pres. Andrew Jackson 1840s Manifest Destiny Phrase coined by a newspaper; referred to belief that
the U. S. was meant to expand to the Pacific Ocean
1846 War with Mexico U. S. gained states of California, New Mexico, Nevada,
Arizona, Colorado. Under Pres. James K. Polk 1861- Civil War Union (North) v. Confederacy (South). Imp. battles: 1865 Ft. Sumner, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Appomattox, Saratoga 1863 Emancipation Lincoln freed slaves in states of rebellion; changed character
Proclamation of war to include ending slavery as well as preserving
the Union 1865 Lincoln’s Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theater.
Death Radical Republicans gained power; military reconstruction
followed. 1877 End of Troops removed from the South; Pres. Hayes
Reconstruction