APUSH key dates

1492

columbus arrived in the americas

1607

jamestown founded

1619

first African slaves arrive in virginia

1754

french and indian war/seven years war

1763

treaty of paris signed

1776

declaration of independence

1781

siege of yorktown/end of revolutionary war fighting

1789

george Washington inaugurated/constitution ratified

1800

election of thomas jefferson/revolution of 1800

1803

Louisianna Purchase

Marbury v. Madison

1815

Battle of New Orleans
Treaty of Ghent

1820

missouri compromise

1823

monroe doctrine

1828

era of common man/election of Andrew jackson

1846

mexican American war

1848

seneca falls convention

1850

compromise of 1850

1854

1. kansas Nebraska act

2. republican party

1860

election of lincoln

1865

the south surrenders/end of civil war

1869

transcontinental railroad completed

1877

compromise of 1877/reconstruction ends

1890

wounded knee massacre

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson case

1898

Spanish American war