PART 2: 50 key apush dates (active recall)

1492

Columbus Arrives in the New World.

1607

Jamestown Founded.

1620

Mayflower Compact Signed.

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion.

1754–1763

French and Indian War.

1763

Proclamation of 1763.

1765

Stamp Act.

1770

Boston Massacre.

1773

Boston Tea Party.

1774

Coercive/Intolerable Acts.

1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord.

1776

Declaration of Independence.

1781

Articles of Confederation Ratified / Battle of Yorktown.

1787

U.S. Constitution Drafted.

1789

George Washington Inaugurated.

1791

Bill of Rights Ratified.

1800

Election of Jefferson (1st peaceful transfer of power).

1803

Louisiana Purchase.

1812–1815

War of 1812.

1820

Missouri Compromise.

1823

Monroe Doctrine.

1828

Andrew Jackson Elected.

1830

Indian Removal Act.

1846–1848

Mexican-American War.

1848

Seneca Falls Convention / Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

1850

Compromise of 1850.

1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act.

1857

Dred Scott Decision.

1860

Lincoln Elected.

1861–1865

Civil War.

1863

Emancipation Proclamation.

1865

Civil War Ends / 13th Amendment.

1867

Reconstruction Acts.

1877

Compromise of 1877 (End of Reconstruction).

1890

Sherman Antitrust Act.

1898

Spanish-American War.

1901

Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President.

1914–1918

World War I.

1917

U.S. Enters World War I.

1920

19th Amendment (Women’s Suffrage).

1929

Stock Market Crash.

1933

New Deal Begins.

1941

Pearl Harbor / U.S. Enters WWII.

1945

WWII Ends / Cold War Begins.

1954

Brown v. Board of Education.

1964

Civil Rights Act.

1968

Tet Offensive / MLK & RFK Assassinated.

1973

Roe v. Wade.

1980

Reagan Elected.

2001

September 11 Attacks.