APUSH DATES 1ST SEMESTER

Columbus and Reconquista of Spain

1492

Cortez Conquers the Aztecs

1519

Jamestown Founded

1607

House of Burgesses

1619

Mayflower Compact

1620

Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded

1630

Bacon’s Rebellion

1676

Salem Witch Trials

1692

Stono Rebellion

1739

French and Indian War

1754–1763

Pontiac’s Rebellion and Proclamation Line

1763

Sugar Act

1764

Stamp Act

1765

Boston Massacre

1770

Battles of Lexington and Concord

1775

Declaration of Independence

1776

Articles of Confederation

1777

Battle of Yorktown

1781

Shay’s Rebellion

1786

Constitutional Convention

1787

French Revolution

1789

Haitian Revolution

1791–1804

Whiskey Rebellion and Jay’s Treaty

1794

XYZ Affair

1798

Election of Thomas Jefferson

1800

Louisiana Purchase

1803

Robert Fulton’s Steamboat

1807

War of 1812

1812–1814

Missouri Compromise

1820

Erie Canal Opens

1825

Election of Andrew Jackson

1828

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

1831

Texas Independence

1836

British Ban on Slavery

1838

Mexican-American War

1846–1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1848

Compromise of 1850

1850

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published

1852

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

1858

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

1859

Lincoln Elected and South Carolina Secedes

1860

Civil War

1861–1865

Emancipation Proclamation

1863

13th Amendment

1865

Radical Reconstruction Begins

1867

14th Amendment

1868

15th Amendment

1870

Election of Rutherford B. Hayes (End of Reconstruction)

1876