APUSH Key Dates

1607

Jamestown founded

First anglos arrived

1620

pilgrims arrived

Mayflower

Plymouth

Separatists

1730-1760

Great Awakening

first religious revival to happen in the English colonies

1754-1763

treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War

Conflict between Britain and France fought on Britain colonies (America)

took place in north america

both french and British wanted control over the Ohio river

british gained french territory east of the Mississippi river in North America

Ohio valley

1775-1783

Revolutionary War

fought because colonists wanted to become free from British rule

boston tea party

boston massacre

taxes

popular sovereignty

1787

Constitutional Convention

Hamiltons papers

Anti federalist vs federalist papers

to revise the articles of confederation

George Washington elected as president

1793

Cotton Gin invented

The US passed its first fugitive slave law

1800

Jefferson defeats Adams; ends Federalist era

Thomas Jefferson Democratic republican

1812-1814

War of 1812

was fought over trade, western expansion, & control of NA

British Navy impressed American sailors

British restricted trade w/ France

Washington DC White House was burned

Treaty of Ghent

1820

Missouri Compromise

Admitted Missouri as a slave state and made a new state in the north to be equal

Maine became a free state & to keep it fair Missouri became a slave state

“Keep it fair”

1824

"Corrupt Bargain" election Adams over Jackson

Andrew jackson lost

election was rigged

1840

Whigs win under Harrison

1846-1848

Mexican-American War

fought over land disputes Texas annexation

manifest destiny

gained California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming

1850

Compromise of 1850

Bills allowed slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty

to solve tensions between the south and the north over slaver and westward expansion

fought because of new territory gained from the Mexican War.

1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri compromise repealed & created two new territories

intensified the debate over slavery

created two new territories to

voted free states and one voted slave state

1860

Election of Lincoln

First Republican Party win

States secede

led to civil war because Lincoln was anti slavery

Modern democratic wins

1861-1865

Civil War

North & South war over expansion of slavery

South secede from American and became their own country.

confederates = south

Ghettiesberg

1869

Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

election of Ulysses S Grant

1877

The Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction

resolved disputes of the 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. because of accusation of fraud and voter suppression in several southern states.

if the president got rid of troops in the south he would win the presidency

permitted racism

Disagreement abt Rutherford & Hayse election

1883

Civil Rights Cases of 1883

kept the 13th and the 14th amendment

challenged the civil rights act of 1875

1887

Interstate Commerce Act passes

The first time national government got involved w/ industry

regulated rail road industry

regulated private industry

1896

McKinley over Bryan and Populists/Democrats

Cross of gold speech

1898

Spanish-American War

fought Spain to support Cuban and Filipino independence

and avenge sinking of the USS Maine got bombed

gained control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines & secured Cubas independence through treaty of paris

1912

Wilson over TR and Taft

Progressives

Bullnose party

1914-1918

World War I

began because of the assassination of Archduke Franz from Austria

Battle

1917-1918

US involvement in WWI

the US joined the war b/c of Germany allowing submarines to attack US trade ships & passenger ships

US helped Europe fight off Germany & Austria

women’s right to vote

1929

October stock market crash

1939-1945

World War II

Invasion of Poland

Pearl Harbor

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of the bulge

1941

December 7 Pearl Harbor bombed

1950-1953

Korean War

Soviets and The US

Fought over north and South Korea

Soviets tried to invade South Korea but failed

1960

Kennedy defeats Nixon

1963

November 22 Kennedy assassinated

1965

Vietnam Escalation/Voting Rights Bill passes-end of civil rights era

1968

Text Offensive/Death of MLK, RFK/Election of Nixon/ Tigers win World Series

1973

US forces leave Vietnam

1974

Nixon resigns

1980

Regan defeats Carter