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1607
Jamestown founded
1619
House of Burgesses founded; first Africans are sold in the British colonies
1676
Bacon's Rebellion, frontier v. established, slavery over indentured servitude
1754
start of the French and Indian war -- Salutary Neglect ends
1781
Articles of Confederation ratified
1789
Constitution ratified
1796
Washington's Farewell Address
1800
Peaceful transfer of power (Jefferson wins)
1812
War of 1812
1820
Missouri Compromise- Henry Clay sets precedent for balancing states
1823
Monroe Doctrine; US foreign policy of isolationism from Europe
1832
Jackson reelected - kills the bank, nullification crisis, Common Man
1844
Polk elected - Manifest Destiny president
1848
Mexican-American War ends, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Seneca Falls
1850
Compromise of 1850; Fugitive Slave Law
1854
Kansas-Nebraska Act; Birth of the Republican Party
1860
Election of Lincoln
1863
Emancipation Proclamation + Gettysburg Address
1865
End of Civil War, start of Reconstruction, Johnson takes over
1877
Compromise of [REDACTED]; Reconstruction ends, Dems regain power in the south
1887
Dawes Act
1892
Homestead Strike; Labour unrest in the Gilded Age
1896
Plessy v. Ferguson, election of 1896 - cross of gold speech
1898
Spanish-American War
1912
Wilson Elected, Taft and TR lose
1917
US enters WWI (not just because of Lusitania)
1920
Census reveals more people in urban areas than rural areas
1929
stock market crash
1932
FDR elected, New Deal
1941
Pearl Harbour, the US joins WW2
1945
End of WWII; atomic bombs used
1950
Korean War stars, Cold War in full swing
1954
Brown v. Board of Education
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
1968
Tet Offensive, LBJ won't run again, Nixon is elected
1973
Roe v Wade, Watergate, Oil Crisis Begins
1980
Reagan elected; represents conservative resurgence
1989
Berlin Wall comes down (Reagan is not president, Bush Sr. is)
1991
USSR collapses, Persian Gulf War
1994
NAFTA signed
2001
9/11
2008
Obama elected