North America King Williams War 1689 1697 Queen

North America

King William’s War (1689 -1697) & Queen Anne’s War (1702 -1713)

King George’s War (1744 -1748)

The French & Indian War (1754 -1763) • Ohio River Valley

The French & Indian War (1754 -1763) • Fort Duquesne • Battle at Jumonville Glen (May 28, 1754) • Battle at Fort Necessity (July 3, 1754) • Braddock’s Defeat (1755)

The Albany Plan (1754)

The Treaty of Paris

Pontiac’s War & Proclamation of 1763

British Policies/Taxes

Gaspee Affair

The “Intolerable Acts”

The Quebec Act

1 st Continental Congress • Philadelphia, September 1774

1 st Continental Congress

Lexington & Concord (April “The shot heard around the world” th 18 , 1775)

Bunker Hill • June 17 th, 1775 • Breed’s Hill • British & Colonial victory

The Second Continental Congress • Philadelphia; May 11 th, 1775 • De facto government • Declaration of the Causes & Necessities for Taking Up-Arms

Olive Branch Petition

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense • January 1776 • 500, 000 copies in 6 months • $$$ donated to Continental Army

Declaration of Independence (July 4 th, 1776) • Lee Resolution Declaration of Independence • Thomas Jefferson

The American Revolution • 1775 -1783 • Patriots, Loyalists, Neutrals

The American Revolution

Valley Forge, PA • Dec. 1777 -June 1778 • Military encampment for Continental Army

Battle of Saratoga • New York, Oct. 1777 • British General Burgoyne vs. Horatio Gates & Benedict Arnold • Patriot Victory, Turning Point of the Revolution for colonies

Illinois Campaign (1778 -1789) • George Rodgers Clark • Captured Ohio River Valley for Patriots

Surrender at Yorktown • Sept. 1781 - Oct. 19 th, 1781 • Chesapeake Bay

Treaty of Paris (1783) • Creation of USA • Mississippi River= Western Boundary • Americans, fishing rights in Canada • Americans, pay debts to British merchants & loyalists

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

The Articles of Confederation • Adopted by Congress in 1777, ratified in 1781

Shays’ Rebellion (1786 -1787) • Disgruntled Western Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays • Response to increased taxes in Massachusetts

Annapolis Convention • 1786; Annapolis, Maryland • James Madison & Alexander Hamilton

Constitutional Convention • Philadelphia; Summer 1787

The Presidency

Federalists & Antifederalists

The Bill of Rights • Written by James Madison • Adopted in 1791

Washington’s Presidency • April 30 th, 1789 - March 4, 1797

Hamilton’s Financial Plan

The Whiskey Rebellion (1791 -1794) • 1794, Hamilton urged excise taxes on whiskey • Western Pennsylvanian farmers refused to pay whiskey tax • Washington places 15, 000 militiamen under control of Hamilton

USA & the French Revolution • Major issue of Washington’s presidency • Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)

Jay Treaty (1794) Damn John Jay! Damn everyone that won't damn John Jay! Damn every one that won't put lights in his window and sit up all night damning John Jay! • Chief Justice John Jay • Goal= Stop Britain from seizing & searching American ships & impressing American sailors into British navy • Result= Britain agreed to evacuate posts/forts on U. S. western frontier, America had to pay debts owed to Loyalists

Pinckney Treaty (1795) • Thomas Pinckney, U. S. minister to Spain • 1) Spain opened lower Mississippi river & New Orleans to American trade 2) Florida given to Spain & boundary set at 31 st parallel

Domestic Concerns • Western Confederacy, Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794) Greenville • Whiskey Rebellion (1794) • Public Land Act (1796) Treaty of

Political Parties & Two Party System • Began with Federalists & Antifederalists • 1790 s, Federalist Party vs. Democratic-Republican Party

Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)

Election of 1796 & John Adams • Federalist John Adams vs. Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson • XYZ Affair • Alien & Sedition Acts • Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions