APUSH Important Dates

1846–1848

Mexican-American War (Leads to massive land gains and renewed slavery debates).

1861–1865

The Civil War.

1862

Homestead Act (160 acres of free land to settlers if they live and farm on it for 5 years).

1877

Compromise of 1877 (End of Reconstruction).

1890

Wounded Knee Massacre (The "closing" of the American Frontier).

1492

Columbus arrives in the Americas (Beginning of the Columbian Exchange).

1607

Jamestown founded (First permanent English settlement).

1620

Plymouth founded and the Mayflower Compact signed.

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion (Shift from indentured servitude to African slavery).

1754–1763

French and Indian War (End of "Salutary Neglect").

1776

Declaration of Independence signed.

1787

Constitutional Convention (Drafting of the U.S. Constitution).

1800

Election of Thomas Jefferson (First peaceful transfer of power between parties).

1803

Louisiana Purchase (Doubled the size of the U.S.).

1820

Missouri Compromise (First major sectional compromise over slavery).

1823

Monroe Doctrine (U.S. warns Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere).

1848

Seneca Falls Convention (Declaration of Sentiments; women’s rights)