Must Know Years

1942

Columbian Exchange

1607

Jamestown

1763

end of the french and indian war & road to revolution

1776

declaration of independence

1787

constitution

1800

jefferson

1848

end of the mexican american war and the road to civil war

1860

south carolina secession

1865

end of the civil war and the start of reconstruction

1877

end of reconstruction and beginning of jim crow era

1988

annexation of Hawaii and the start of u.s. imperialism

1901

start of the progressive era

1929

stock market crash and beginning of the great depression

1941 bombing of pearl harbor

1945 end of wwii and the start of the cold war

1989/1991

end of cold war