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1775 - 1800 Review with students the layout and purpose of a timeline. Be sure students understand how the flow of time is shown in this visual format. The dates shown in the answer key below are for your reference, and students do not need to list them on their timeline or the timeline guide. Timeline event guide, page 60 To help study the timeline, students should complete the "fill in the blanks" event guide using the word bank at the bottom of the page. It's a good small group project, with students sharing what they already know, and then using a textbook, online encyclopedia, or other resources to help them pick the correct answers. Late Colonial Era Items: Boston Tea Party - 1773 (Dec.) Intolerable Acts - 1774 (arrive in May) First Continental Congress - 1774 (Sept.) 1. Lexington/Concord fighting - 1775 (April) ...city of Boston. 2. Second Continental Congress - 1775 (May) ...could be avoided. 3. Common Sense published - 1776 (Jan.) ...opinion toward independence. 4. Independence declared - 1776 (July) ...by Thomas Jefferson. 5. Valley Forge Camp - Winter, 1777-78 About one quarter of the... 6. Victory at Yorktown - 1781 (Oct.) The French navy was... 7. Treaty of Paris - 1783 ...at the Mississippi River. 8. Constitutional Convention - 1787 (Summer) ...Articles of Confederation. 9. Constitution ratified - 1788 (June) ...the government must follow. 10. George Washington inaugurated - 1789 (April) ...the father of our country. 11. Bill of Rights ratified - 1791 (Dec.) ...solid protection from... 12. Proclamation of Neutrality - 1793 ...Great Britain and France. 13. John Adams elected - 1796 (Nov.) ...avoiding war with France. 14. Sedition Act - 1798 ...officials a crime. 15. Jefferson elected - 1800 ...loud critics of the... |
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