French and Indian War (end)
1763
Revolutionary War (beginning and end)
1775-1783
Washington Inaugurated President
April 30, 1789
Neutrality Proclamation
April 22, 1793
Farewell Address
September 19, 1796
Louisiana Purchase
April 30, 1803
Treaty of Ghent
December 24, 1814
Missouri Compromise
March 6, 1820
Monroe Doctrine
December 2, 1823
Mexican American War
1846-1848
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1854
Election of Lincoln
1860
Civil War (beginning and end)
1861-1865
Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862
Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3, 1863
Reconstruction (beginning and end)
1863-1877
Plessy v. Ferguson
1896