APUSH Period Years

1491

1 year before Columbus lands in America “1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”
Period 1 START

1607

The year the first permanent English settlement was established in Jamestown, Virginia
Period 1 END→ Period 2 START

1754

Marks the beginning of the 7 Years War (French and Indian War) between Britain and France over the Ohio River Valley.
Period 2 END→ Period 3 START

1800

Marks the election of Thomas Jefferson (Revolution of 1800), marking shift in government from Federalist to Democratic-Republican
Period 3 END→ Period 4 START

1848

Marks the year the Mexican-American War ended and when the Seneca Falls Convention occurred and when gold was discovered in California
Period 4 END

1844

Marked the election of James K. Polk (Manifest Destiny & Mexican-American War was very prominent shortly after this)
Period 5 START

1877

Marks the end of Reconstruction with the election of Rutherford B. Hayes.
Period 5 END

1865

Marked the end of the Civil War
Period 6 START

1898

Marked the beginning of the Spanish-American War.
Period 6 END

1890

Marks the point when Frederick Jackson Turner believed the frontier was closed
Period 7 START

1945

Marks the end of WWII.
Period 7 END → Period 8 START

1980

Marks the election of Ronald Reagan and ushering of a Conservative Movement
Period 8 END → Period 9 START