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|<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''American Revolution timeline:'''
|<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''American Revolution timeline:'''
   - 1765-1775: Colonial agitation
   - 1765-1775: Colonial agitation against British rule & laws
  - 1774: fist Continental Congress & other colonial organization in opposition of British rule
  - 1775-76: Thomas Paine's "Common Sense", Declaration of Indepenndence
   - 1775-1781: War
   - 1775-1781: War
   - 1783: Treaty of Paris formally ends War
   - 1783: Treaty of Paris formally ends War
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** it is useful to know the general timeline, anyway
** it is useful to know the general timeline, anyway
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|+ 16th & 17th centuries
|+ 16th-18th centuries
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| 1500-1600s
| 1500-1600s
* colonization of Americas by European powers
* Early British colonial settlements:
* Early British colonial settlements:
** 1584 Roanoke  
** 1584 Roanoke  
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1700s General:  
1700s General:  
* Enlightenment / Age of Reason
* Enlightenment / Age of Reason
* Americas colonization
* European economic / political expansion/ colonization/ slavery / mercantilism
* European economic / political expansion/ colonization/ slavery / mercantilism
* U.S. colonial westward expansion
* U.S. colonial westward expansion
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   - taxes
   - taxes
   - dispute over representation in Parliament
   - dispute over representation in Parliament
'''1775-81 American Revolution'''
'''1775-81 American Revolution & early American Republic'''
  - 1776: Declaration of Independence
  - 1776: Declaration of Independence
  - 1787: US Constitution (ratified 1789)
  - 1787: US Constitution (ratified 1789)
  - 1789 US Gov operates under constitution
  - 1789: US Gov operates under constitution
- 1789-95: George Washington President, consolidation of the presidency, assertion federal powers
- 1790s: growing partisan divide between Adams/Hamilton Federalists (pro-central power, pro-tariff, pro-national bank) and Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans (anti-strong central gov, pro-states, anti-tariff and anti-bank)
- 1798: Alien & Sedition Acts enacted as part of bitter US political divide over France-Britain wars
'''1789-95: French Revolution'''
'''1789-95: French Revolution'''
  - 1793: French Rev: Reign of Terror
- 1789: Estates General called but Third Estate (commoners) creates rival National Assembly, hurch property is nationalized by the National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man issued
- 1790-93: Nobility abolished, Haitian Revolution starts, new Constitution enacted, King attempts to flee Paris and is tried and executed (1792-3)
  - 1793-94: French Rev: Reign of Terror ("Jacobin Club" = anti-royalists who seize power in 1793), fall of Jacobins (1795), the Directory takes over (governing council)
  - 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power
  - 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte seizes power
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|* '''1800s general:'''
|* '''1800s general:'''
- Rise of US political parties
  - US western expansion (new states)
  - US western expansion (new states)
  - Social and economic change/ progress
  - Social and economic change/ progress
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  - Democracy / expanding rights and freedoms
  - Democracy / expanding rights and freedoms
'''Early 1800s timeline'''
'''Early 1800s timeline'''
- 1800: Election of Jefferson called the "Revolution of 1800" = 1st successful transition of power between rival political parties
- 1803: Louisiana Purchase expands US territory west of the Mississippi River
  - 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars
  - 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars
  - 1812-1815 War of 1812 (US v Britain)
  - 1812-1815 War of 1812 (US v Britain)