APUSH - Important Dates to Know

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1492

Columbian Exchange

1607

Jamestown founded

1619

First African slaves arrive in America

1660s

Navigation Acts

1675

King Phillip’s War

1763

End of French and Indian War

1776

Declaration of Independence signed

1789

US constitution adopted

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1811

Lowell Mills open

1820

Missouri Compromise

1830’s

Jacksonian Democracy

1846

Start of Mexican War

1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1861-1865

Civil War

1865-1877

Reconstruction

1869

Transcontinental Railroad completed

1880s

Immigration/Urbanization/Industrialization

1887

Dawes Severalty Act

1896

End of Populist Party

1898

Spanish-American War

1890-1920

Progressive Movement

1917

US entry into WWI

1929

Stock Market Crash

1941

US Entry into WWII

1945

End of WWII, Beginning of Cold War

1950

Start of Korean War

1954

Brown v. Board of Education

1957

Sputnik launched

1968

Tet Offensive

1970

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed

1980

Election of Reagan

1989

Fall of Berlin wall

2001

9/11 attacks

1823

Monroe Doctrine