APUSH Period Years

Period 1

1491 - 1607

Year before Columbus arrived in America - settlement of Jamestown

Period 2

1607 - 1754

Settlement of Jamestown - Start of French and Indian War

Period 3

1754 - 1800

Start of French and Indian War - Election of Jefferson

Period 4

1800 - 1848

Election of Jefferson - End of Mexican American War

Period 5

1844 - 1877

Start of the Mexican American War - Compromise of 1877

Period 6

1865 - 1898

End of Civil War - Start of Spanish American war

Period 7

1890–1945

Start of Imperialism - End of WWII

Period 8

1945 - 1980

End of WWII - Regan

Period 9

1980 - Today

Regan - Today