Major Developments Dates Apush

1607-1754

English Colonies Develop

1763-1765

tensions increasing between Britain and colonists

1775

Lexington and Concord/ Declaration

1776-1787

articles of confederation

1789-1808

first political party system

1803

louisiana Purchase

1812-1848

1st Market +transportation Rev (steamboats, textile Mills, canals, roads) (nationlisim risesand the U.S. expands its economy and territory.

1828

Andrew Jackson Trial Of Tears

1820-1830

Manifest Density (expansion Westward)

1848-1860

sectional tensions increasing (dred Scott, kansas-nebraska, comp of 1850, bleeding Kansas, cane)

1860

Washington elected

1861-1865

Civil War

1865-1877

reconstruction Era in America. (KKK, Jim Crow, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. )

1877

end of reconstruction, return to home rule in the South. Compromise of 1877= disputed election resolution favoring Hayes,(democrat) leading to withdrawal of federal troops.

1865-1900/

laissez faire dominants/government corruption/ gilded age, immigrants, imperialism, rise of trusts and monopolies

1898-1900

us imperialism and overseas expansion

early 1900s

progressive era (social gospel)

1914-1919

ww1 (MANIA) the Great War, direct involvement of the US in 1917, Treaty of Versailles.

1920-1929

roaring 20’s (coolidge) (Harlem Renaissance) neutrality, isolation

1930’s

great depression hoover and the New Deal, economic struggles, unemployment, and social reforms.

1939-1945

ww2 germany changes us foreign policy

1945-1991

cold war

1950

baby boom, cars, television, rock, conservative vs radical

1950

korean war

1950-1960

civil rights movement/ warren court

1960-1970

vietnam war

1980

ronald Reagan elected won by a landslide due to iran hostages