Period 1 dates (write P1 on each card)--make flashcards-worth a Quiz Grade. 22 terms for full-credit

  • 1492: Columbus lands in the Bahamas
  • 1520: Spanish explorers bring smallpox to the Mexican mainland
  • 1521: Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan
  • 1598: New Mexico founded by Juan de Onate
  • 1600: East India Company was founded
  • 1739: Stono Rebellion
  • 1676-1677: the rebellion of Nathaniel Bacon 
  • 1744-1748: King George's War
  • 1686: Dominion of New England
  • 1730s-1740s: The Great Awakening
  • 1732: Hat Act and Debt Recovery Act
  • 1754-1763: French and Indian War
  • 1754: Albany Congress
  • 1763: Chief Pontiac's rebellion
  • 1770: Boston Massacre
  • 1773: Boston Tea Party
  • 1775-1783: American Revolutionary War
  • 1776: Colonies declare independence from Great Britain
  • 1777: Articles of Confederation
  • 1785-1795: Northwest Indian War (Little Turtle's War)
  • 1787: Constitutional Convention
  • 1787: The Northwest Ordinance is formed

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