Important Dates APUSH

1492

Columbus' arrives in the New World

1587

England's first attempt to settle in North America

1588

English defeat Spanish Armada

1607

Jamestown founded

1609 - 1610

Desperation of English Settlers

-Powhatan Confederacy aides Jamestown

-tobacco as a cash crop

1620

Mayflower Arrival in Plymouth

1649

Toleration Act

1688

Glorious Revolution

-Overthrow James II, establishment of William and Mary as joint monarchs

1692

Salem Witch Trials

1754-1763

Seven Years War

1763

Proclamation of 1763

1765

Stamp act

1770

Boston Massacre

1773

Boston Tea Party/Intolerable Acts

1775

Lexington & Concord/Beginning of American Revolutionary War/

1776

Declaration of Independence

1777

Battle of Saratoga

What else happened in 1777?

Articles of Confederation

1778

Franco American Alliance

1781

Battle of Yorktown/End of American Rev. War/

1783

Treaty of Paris

1787

Constitutional Convention/Great Compromise/ 3/5ths Compromise

1788

Washington Election/National brank created/Hamilton's financial plan/Neutrality proclamation/Pinckney's treaty

1791

Bill of Rights added

1798

XYZ Affair

What else happened in 1798?

Alien and Sedition Acts

1800

Jefferson's election/Marbury v. Madison

1803

Louisiana Purchase/Louis & Clark

1812-1815

War of 1812/Hartford Convention-end of Federalist party

1815

Battle of New Orleans

1816-1824

Era of Good feelings/MuCulloch v. Maryland/Panic of 1819

1820

Missouri Compromise

1823

Monroe Doctrine

1820s

Sectionalism

1828

Jackson's Election

1830

Indian Removal Act

1832

Nat Turner's Rebellion

1830-1850

Manifest Destiny

1836

Battle of the Alamo

1845

Annexation of Texas

1845-1848

Mexican-American War

1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1850

Fugitive Slave Law

1852

Uncle Tom's Cabin Published

1854

Bleeding Kansas

1857

Dred Scott Decision

1860

Lincoln's Election

1861-1865

Civil War

1862

Homestead Act

1863

Emancipation Proclamation

What else happens in 1863?

Gettysburg

1865

Lincoln Assasinated

1867

Military Reconstruction Act of 1867

What happened in 1867?

Purchase of Alaska

1877

Compromise of 1877

1876

Little Bighorn

1886

Haymarket Square Riot

1887

Dawes Act/Interstate Commerce

1890

Wounded Knee

What else happened in 1890?

McKinley Tariff ; Sherman Antitrust Act

1894

Pullman Strike

1896

Cross of Gold speech/Plessy v. Ferguson

1898

Annexation of Hawaii

What else happened in 1898?

Spanish American War/Americans drive Spanish out of Cuba & Philippines/Treaty of Maris ends war in 1900

1902

Platt Amendment

1903

Wright Brothers

1904

Roosevelt Corollary

1917

US enters WW1

1918

Fourteen Points

1919

Schenck v. United States

1920

Women's sufferage

1920s

Red scare/Prohibition

1929

Stock Market Crash/ Great depression begins

1932

FDR/100 Days/New deal implemented

1935

Social Security Act

1939

WW11 starts in Europe

1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1944

D-Day

1945

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

1947

Truman Doctrine

1950-1953

Korean War ; Civil Rights Movement begins/Dwight Eisenhower = President/North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950, which started the war/U.S. troops attacked North Korea under the umbrella of the United Nations, which led to China's entry into the war/Truman's decision against MacArthur's recommendations & MacArthur's firing

1950s

McCarthyism

1954

Brown v. Board of ed.

1955

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1957

Sputnik

1961

JFK becomes President/Vietnam Conflict Begins

1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

1963

March on Washington

1964

Civil Rights Act

1965

"Great Society" legislation

1968

MLK killed, RFK killed/Tet offensive/Chicago Convention

1969

Moon landing

1972

Watergate break-in