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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 | |+ 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 | ||
* 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) | ||