APUSH Important Dates

Columbian Exchange

1492

Jamestown founded

1607

First African slaves arrive in America

1619

Navigation Acts

1660s

King Philip’s War

1675

End of French & Indian War

1763

Declaration of Independence signed

1776

U.S. Constitution adopted

1789

Louisiana Purchase

1803

Lowell Mills open

1811

Missouri Compromise

1820

Monroe Doctrine

1823

Jacksonian Democracy

1830s

Start of Mexican-American War

1846

Seneca Falls Convention

1848

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854

Civil War

1861-1865

Reconstruction

1865-1877

Transcontinental Railroad completed

1869

Immigration / Urbanization / Industrialization

1880s

Dawes Severalty Act

1887

End of the Populist Party

1896

Spanish-American War

1898

U.S. entry into World War I

1917

Stock Market Crash

1929

U.S. entry into World War II

1941

End of World War II and Beginning of Cold War

1945

Start of Korean War

1950

Brown v. Board of Education decision

1954

Sputnik launched

1957

Tet Offensive

1968

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed

1970

Election of Reagan

1980

Fall of Berlin Wall

1989

9/11 Attacks

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