Apush Important dates

Columbus lands….start of Columbian exchange

1492

Jamestown (start of english colonies in N. America

1607

start of french-indian war

1754

End 7 years war (start of rising tensions b/w Brit and colonies

1763

Declaration of Independence

1776

constitution written

1787

end of Mexican American war and the start of major sectionalism

1848

secession and civil war starts

1860

civil war ends

1865

end of reconstruction…. Jim crow takes off

1877

Spanish American War… start of US imperialism

1898

Progressive Era starts

1890s-1907

US enters WWI

1917

start of great depression

1929

Pearl Harbor and entrance into WWII

1941

End of WWII and start of Cold War

1945

Cold War ends - dissolution of Soviet Union

1991