APUSH Forever Dates Semester 1

1607

1st permanent English settlement – Jamestown

1619

House of Burgess founded; first enslaved Africans are sold in British colonies

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion

1754

Start of French + Indian War – Salutary Neglect Ends

1781

Articles of Confederation adopted

1789

Constitution goes into effect

1796

Washington’s farewell address; isolationist foreign policy + no parties

1800

First peaceful transfer of power; TJ wins

1812

Second War of Independence (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

1844

Polk elected – Manifest Destiny president

1848

Mexican American War ends

1850

Compromise of 1850; Fugitive Slave Law

1854

Kansas Nebraska Act

1860

Election of Lincoln

1863

Emancipation Proclamation + Gettysburg Address

1865

End of Civil War

1877

Comp of 1877 -Reconstruction ends

1887

Dawes Act

1892

Homestead Strike; labor unrest in the Gilded age

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson