US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies
US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries
article under construction
Objective:
- covering regional, economic, and demographic aspects of colonial expansion
- timeline up to the French-Indian War (1754)
Previous timelines:
Next timelines:
- US History timeline & concept chart: American colonies 17th & mid-18th centuries
- US History timeline & concept chart: French-Indian War to the American Revolution
section & table structure:
Colonial America growth
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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Population growth
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BIG IDEAS DETAILS
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Southern colonial economies & demographics
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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cash cropsplantation economycoastal elites
backcountry farmers
Bacon's Rebellionslavery |
BIG IDEAS
DETAILS
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Colonial slavery
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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subtitle |
BIG IDEAS DETAILS
slavery & slave culture
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New England colonial expansion
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events | |
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subtitle |
BIG IDEAS
DETAILS
>> see Taylor on 1/4th of Boston freeman had ownership of a ship |
central colonies
PERIOD / TIMELINE | Major Events, Concepts & Themes | Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events |
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subtitle |
BIG IDEAS DETAILS
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colonial wars
War Timeline | Colonial name | European name | Consequence | |
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1675-1763 |
"French & Indian Wars" include:
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BIG IDEAS
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1675–1678 | King Philip's War | n/a - independent of European conflicts or involvement |
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1688–1697 | King William's War |
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1702–1713 | Queen Anne's War | War of the Spanish Succession |
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1722–1725 | Dumner's War |
n/a - colonial war
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1739 | War of Jenkin's Ear |
n/a - colonial conflict
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1744–1748 | King George's War | War of the Austrian Succession |
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1754–1763 | French-Indian War | Seven Years' War | to be discussed in subsequent timeline & concepts chart |