Unit 2 Timeline

Question 1

First Navigation Act

Answer 1

1651

Question 2

Reign of Charles II, king of England

Answer 2

1660-1685

Question 3

Charles II grants Carolina proprietorship

Answer 3

1663

Question 4

English capture New NEtherland, rename it New York

Answer 4

1664

Question 5

Virginia law declares that the murder of a slave cannot be treated as a felony

Answer 5

1669

Question 6

William Penn founds Pennsylvania

Answer 6

1681

Question 7

Reign of James II, king of England

Answer 7

1685-1688

Question 8

Dominion of New England

Answer 8

1686-1689

Question 9

Glorious Revolution in England

Answer 9

1688-1689

Question 10

William and Mary ascend throne in England

Answer 10

1689

Question 11

Revolts in Massachusetts, Maryland, and New York

Answer 11

1689

Question 12

England, France, and Spain at war

Answer 12

1689-1713

Question 13

Parliament creates Board of Trade

Answer 13

1696

Question 14

British policy of salutary neglect - American assemblies gain power

Answer 14

1714-1750

Question 15

Robert Walpole leads Parliament

Answer 15

1720-1742

Question 16

Rice exports from South Carolina soar, planter aristocracy emerges, seaport cities expand, African American communities form

Answer 16

1720-1750

Question 17

Parliament charters Georgia, challenging Spain

Answer 17

1732

Question 18

Hat Act limits colonial enterprise

Answer 18

1732

Question 19

Molasses Act threatens distillers

Answer 19

1733

Question 20

Stono Rebellion in South Carolina

Answer 20

1739

Question 21

War with Spain in the Caribbean and France in Canada and Europe

Answer 21

1739-1748

Question 22

Iron Act restricts colonial iron production

Answer 22

1750

Question 23

Currency Act prohibits land banks and paper money

Answer 23

1751

Question 24

Licensing Act lapses in England, triggering the print revolution

Answer 24

1695

Question 25

Enlightenment ideas spread from Europe to America

Answer 25

1710s-1730s

Question 26

Germans and Scots-Irish settle in Middle Colonies

Answer 26

1710s-1730s

Question 27

Theodore Jacob Frelinghuysen preaches Pietism to German migrants

Answer 27

1710s-1730s

Question 28

William and Gilbert Tennent lead Presbyterian revivals among Scots-Irish

Answer 28

1720s-1730s

Question 29

Jonathan Edwards preaches in New England

Answer 29

1720s-1730s

Question 30

Benjamin Franklin founds the "Pennsylvania Bazette"

Answer 30

1729

Question 31

George Whitefield sparks Great Awakening

Answer 31

1739

Question 32

Conflict between Old Lights and New Lights

Answer 32

1740s-1760s

Question 33

Shortage of farmland in New England threatens freehold ideal

Answer 33

1740s-1760s

Question 34

Growing ethnic and religious pluralism in Middle Atlantic colonies

Answer 34

1740s-1760s

Question 35

Religious denominations establish colleges to train ministers

Answer 35

1740s-1760s

Question 36

Benjamin Franklin founds American Philosophical Society

Answer 36

1743

Question 37

Samuel Morris starts Presbyterian revivals in Virginia

Answer 37

1743

Question 38

Ohio Company receives grant of 200,000 acres from the crown

Answer 38

1748

Question 39

Connecticut farmers form Susquehanna Company

Answer 39

1748

Question 40

Industrial Revolution begins in England

Answer 40

1750s

Question 41

British shipping dominates North Atlantic

Answer 41

1750s

Question 42

Consumer purchases increase American imports and debt

Answer 42

1750s

Question 43

French and Indian War begins

Answer 43

1754

Question 44

Iroquois and colonists meet at Albany Congress

Answer 44

1754

Question 45

Franklin's Plan of Union

Answer 45

1754

Question 46

Britain begins Great War for Empire

Answer 46

1756

Question 47

Britain completes conquest of Canada

Answer 47

1759-1760

Question 48

Land conflict along New York and New England border

Answer 48

1760s

Question 49

Baptist revivals win converts in Virginia

Answer 49

1760s

Question 50

Pontiac's Rebellion leads to Proclamation of 1763

Answer 50

1763

Question 51

Treaty of Paris ends Great War for Empire

Answer 51

1763

Question 52

Scots-Irish Paxton Boys massacre Indians in Pennsylvania

Answer 52

1763

Question 53

Royal governor puts down Regulator revolt in North Carolina

Answer 53

1771