US History timeline & concept chart: 1754-1789 French-Indian War to American Revolution, Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention

US History timeline & concept chart: French-Indian War to the American Revolution

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  • associate presidents with timelines, themes & concepts
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  • find connections and common themes across US history
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Index

• Major concepts & themes across US History
• Category:US History timelines & concept charts pages list

Page structure & format guide

• US History timeline & concept chart page structure format guide

U.S. History course pages:

• US History
• AP US History

Article objective:

• French-Indian War (1754)
• identify origins of American Revolution in the French-India War
• respective motives and perspectives of British and colonials
• philosophical underpinnings, organization & development of colonial resistance
• causes of the American Revolution
• distinctions (or not) between the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War
• political, economic and social conditions of Confederation period
• causes, motives, and philosophical underpinnings Constitutional Convention
• nature and workings of compromise in the proposed Constitution

French-Indian War, 1754-1763

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
1754-1763 French-Indian War 1754 Albany Conference 1763 Treaty of Paris	subsection 1 Major Events here subsection 2 Major Events here	BIG IDEAS bid ideas here DETAILS details here

French Indian War aftermath & end of salutary neglect

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
1763 end of Seven Years War 1763 Treaty of Paris 1763 Royal Proclamation of 1763 1764 Sugar Act 17xx xxxx 17xx xxxx note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	subsection 1 Major Events here subsection 2 Major Events here	BIG IDEAS bid ideas here DETAILS details here

Escalation of tensions, 1770-1775

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
timeline here 17xx xxxx 17xx xxxx 17xx xxxx note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	subsection 1 Major Events here subsection 2 Major Events here	BIG IDEAS bid ideas here DETAILS details here

Revolutionary War, 1775-1781, 1783

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
timeline here 1775: >> to do << - Lexington & Concord - formation of Continental Army - Bunker Hill - Common Sense Jul 4 1776 Declaration of Independence 17xx xxxx 17xx xxxx note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	was the Revolution a colonial, civil or revolutionary war? subsection 1 Major Events here subsection 2 Major Events here	BIG IDEAS bid ideas here DETAILS details here

Articles of Confederation period, 1781-1789

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
timeline here 17xx xxxx 17xx xxxx note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	subsection 1 Major Events here subsection 2 Major Events here	BIG IDEAS bid ideas here DETAILS details here to do: June 28 1776 Thomas Hickey executed for treason (plotted to murder Washington) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hickey_(soldier) and read://http_www.executedtoday.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.executedtoday.com%2F2013%2F06%2F28%2F1776-thomas-hickey-plotting-against-george-washington%2F

Annapolis Convention, 1786 & Constitutional Convention, 1787

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
timeline here 18xx xxxx >> >> note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	BIG IDEAS subsection >> subsection >> subsection >> subsection >>	=== subheading >>details === subheading >>details === subheading >>details === subheading >>details

Constitutional debate: Federalists & anti-Federalists

PERIOD / TIMELINE	Major Events, Concepts & Themes	Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events
timeline here 18xx xxxx >> >> note spacing between lines using <br><br> code	BIG IDEAS subsection >> subsection >> subsection >> subsection >>	=== subheading >>details === subheading >>details === subheading >>details === subheading >>details