APSUH Dates to know

1492

Columbus lands…start of Columbian exchange

1607

Jamestown(start of english colonies in north america)

1754

French and Indian War begins, marking the start of French and British conflicts in North America.

1763

Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War(7 yrs war), ceding French territories in North America to Britain.

beginning of tensions with Britain and colonies

1776

Declaration of Independence adopted, asserting American colonies' right to self-governance.

1787

Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, leading to the drafting of the US Constitution.

1848

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the Mexican-American War, resulting in significant territorial gains for the United States.

start of major sectionalism

1860

secession and civil war begins

1865

end of the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery.

1877

end of Reconstruction era …Jim crow takes off

1898

Spanish-American War begins …start of US imperialism

1901

Roosevelt becomes president and Progressive era starts (ish)

1917

United States enters World War I

1929

The stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression.

1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor,US enters World War II

1945

WW2 ends and Cold War starts

1989/1991

Cold war endswith the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.