Essential Years

The essential years needed for APUSH

1492

Columbus Lands… Start of Columbian Exchange

1607

Jamestown —> First permanent settlement

1763

End of 7 years war… (rising tensions between Britain and the colonists)

1776

Declaration of Independence signed, marking the formal separation of the thirteen colonies from Britain.

1787

U.S. Constitution written, establishing the framework of the federal government.

1800

Jefferson elected, first peaceful exchange of power

1848

End of Mexican American War, major sectionalismin + slavery. (The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)

1860

Civil War Starts

1865

End of Civil War, passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. Emancipation Proclamation.

1877

End of Reconstruction… Jim Crow takes off

1898

Spanish-American War begins…. start of Imperialism

1901

Progressive Era starts

1929

Stock Market Crash begins the Great Depression.

1941

United States enters World War II + Pearl Harbor

1945

World War 2 Ends + Start of Cold War

1989/1991

Fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of the Soviet Union + End of Cold War