TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT By NCF11 Period: 1600 to 1754 Settlement of the 13 Colonies Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Period: 1776 to 1783 American Revolutionary War Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence 1781 Articles of Confederation 1787 Constitutional Convention Ratification of Constitution = Rise of political parties 1791 Bill of Rights added 1796 George Washington's Farewell Address 1803 Marbury v. Madison / T.J. Purchases Louisiana Territory Period: 1812 to 1815 War of 1812: USA v. Britain Period: 1816 to 1823 Era of "Good" Feelings +/- Sectionalism growing 1820 Missouri Compromise 1823 Monroe Doctrine Period: 1828 to 1836 Andrew Jackson is President 1830 Indian Removal Act Period: 1830 to 1850 Second Great Awakening / Manifest Destiny 1838 Trail of Tears Period: 1846 to 1848 Mexican American War / Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalo : Mexican Cession 1848 Seneca Falls Convention: Declaration of Sentiments of a Woman Gold discovered in California 1850 Compromise of 1850 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court Case 1860 John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry 1861 Jefferson Davis is President of the Confederacy Period: 1861 to 1865 Civil War Period: 1861 to 1865 Reconstruction Era / 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments passed 1877 Emancipation Proclamation 1896 Plessy V. Ferguson "Separate but equal," legalizes segregation
