Timeline Dates APUSH

1491

Christopher Columbus “discovers” the “New World”

1607

Jamestown colony is established.

1754

Beginning of French and Indian War.

1763

Proclamation of 1763 & End of the French and Indian War.

1776

Declaration of Independence is signed (Start of American Revolution).

1783

The Treaty of Paris is signed (End of American Revolution).

1789

The Constitution is ratified & George Washington is elected as the first president.

1796

George Washington gives the Farewell Address.

1800

Thomas Jefferson is elected president.

1803

The Louisiana Purchase.

1812

Start of the War of 1812.

1815

End of the War of 1812.

1820

The Missouri Compromise.

1838

Cherokee Removal.

1846

Start of the Mexican-American War.

1848

The end of the Mexican-American War & Mexican Cession

1850

Compromise of 1850

1852

Uncle Tom's Cabin published by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

1854

Kansas Nebraska Act & Bleeding Kansas.

1857

Dred Scott Decision.

1859

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry.

1860

Abraham Lincoln elected president.

1861

Start of the Civil War.

1863

Gettysburg Address & Emancipation Proclamation.

1865

End of Civil War & Lincoln's assassination.

1869

Transcontinental Railroad completed.

1876

Rutherford B. Hayes elected president & Battle of Little Bighorn.

1877

Compromise of 1877.

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act.

1896

McKinley elected president & Plessy v. Ferguson

1898

Sinking of the Maine. Start of the Spanish-American War

1914

Start of World War I

1917

The US entered World War I

1919

End of World War I

1920

The year the 19th Amendment was ratified. Women have the right to vote!

1929-39

The Great Depression. Started with the stock market crash! Ended with WWII

1933-39

FDR’s New Deal to combat the Great Depression. Started when he came into office. Ended as we started gearing up for WWII (but we didn’t enter it until later).

1939-1945

The Second World War. Started when Germany invaded Poland; ended when Japan surrendered.

1941

Pearl Harbor. “A date that will live in infamy". US promptly entered WWII

1945-91

The Cold War. Started once WWII ended and US and USSR started to compete. Ended when the USSR dissolved.

1950-53

Korean War

1954

Brown v. Board of Education. The Brown Decision. Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson. Segregation in schools was unconstitutional.

1960

The election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency.

1963

John F. Kennedy is assassinated! MLK Jr. gives his famous “I have a dream speech.”

1965-73

US involvement in the Vietnam War

1974

Watergate Scandal leads to President Nixon’s resignation.

1980

Ronald Reagan is elected to the presidency. Marks the end of Period 8.

1989

George H. W. Bush becomes president.

1990-91

Gulf War; Operation Desert Shield

1992

Bill Clinton becomes president

2000

George Bush is elected president

2001

9/11

2008

Great Recession

2009

Obama becomes president