Unit 2 Timeline Flashcards
First Navigation Act
1651
Reign of Charles II, king of England
1660-1685
Charles II grants Carolina proprietorship
1663
English capture New NEtherland, rename it New York
1664
Virginia law declares that the murder of a slave cannot be treated as a felony
1669
William Penn founds Pennsylvania
1681
Reign of James II, king of England
1685-1688
Dominion of New England
1686-1689
Glorious Revolution in England
1688-1689
William and Mary ascend throne in England
1689
Revolts in Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York
1689
England, France, and Spain at war
1689-1713
Parliament creates Board of Trade
1696
British policy of salutary neglect - American assemblies gain power
1714-1750
Robert Walpole leads Parliament
1720-1742
Rice exports from South Carolina soar, planter aristocracy emerges, seaport cities expand, African American communities form
1720-1750
Parliament charters Georgia, challenging Spain
1732
Hat Act limits colonial enterprise
1732
Molasses Act threatens distillers
1733
Stono Rebellion in South Carolina
1739
War with Spain in the Caribbean and France in Canada and Europe
1739-1748
Iron Act restricts colonial iron production
1750
Currency Act prohibits land banks and paper money
1751
Licensing Act lapses in England, triggering the print revolution
1695
Enlightenment ideas spread from Europe to America
1710s-1730s
Germans and Scots-Irish settle in Middle Colonies
1710s-1730s
Theodore Jacob Frelinghuysen preaches Pietism to German migrants
1710s-1730s
William and Gilbert Tennent lead Presbyterian revivals among Scots-Irish
1720s-1730s
Jonathan Edwards preaches in New England
1720s-1730s
Benjamin Franklin founds the “Pennsylvania Bazette”
1729
George Whitefield sparks Great Awakening
1739
Conflict between Old Lights and New Lights
1740s-1760s
Shortage of farmland in New England threatens freehold ideal
1740s-1760s
Growing ethnic and religious pluralism in Middle Atlantic colonies
1740s-1760s
Religious denominations establish colleges to train ministers
1740s-1760s
Benjamin Franklin founds American Philosophical Society
1743
Samuel Morris starts Presbyterian revivals in Virginia
1743
Ohio Company receives grant of 200,000 acres from the crown
1748
Connecticut farmers form Susquehanna Company
1748
Industrial Revolution begins in England
1750s
British shipping dominates North Atlantic
1750s
Consumer purchases increase American imports and debt
1750s
French and Indian War begins
1754
Iroquois and colonists meet at Albany Congress
1754
Franklin’s Plan of Union
1754
Britain begins Great War for Empire
1756
Britain completes conquest of Canada
1759-1760
Land conflict along New York and New England border
1760s
Baptist revivals win converts in Virginia
1760s
Pontiac’s Rebellion leads to Proclamation of 1763
1763
Treaty of Paris ends Great War for Empire
1763
Scots-Irish Paxton Boys massacre Indians in Pennsylvania
1763
Royal governor puts down Regulator revolt in North Carolina
1771