APUSH IMPORTANT DATES

1492 - Columbian Exchange initiated. 1607 - Jamestown founded. 1619 - First African slaves arrive in America. 1660s - Navigation Acts introduced. 1675 - King Philip’s War occurs. 1763 - End of French & Indian War. 1776 - Declaration of Independence signed. 1789 - U.S. Constitution adopted. 1803 - Louisiana Purchase. 1811 - Lowell Mills open. 1820 - Missouri Compromise. 1823 - Monroe Doctrine declared. 1830s - Jacksonian Democracy develops. 1846 - Mexican War begins. 1848 - Seneca Falls Convention. 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act passed. 1861-1865 - Civil War fought. 1865-1877 - Reconstruction era. 1869 - Transcontinental Railroad completed. 1880s - Gilded Age marked by Immigration, Urbanization, and Industrialization. 1887 - Dawes Severalty Act enacted. 1896 - End of Populist Party. 1898 - Spanish-American War occurs. 1890-1920 - Progressive Movement. 1917 - U.S. enters WWI. 1929 - Stock Market Crash. 1941 - U.S. enters WWII. 1945 - End of WWII and start of Cold War. 1950 - Korean War begins. 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education decision. 1957 - Sputnik launched. 1968 - Tet Offensive. 1970 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formed. 1980 - Reagan elected. 1989 - Fall of Berlin Wall. 2001 - 9/11 Attacks