50 Key Dates Flashcards
1492
Columbus’ Arrival in the New World
1585
Establishment of Roanoke Colony: “The Lost Colony”
1607
Jamestown is founded
1637
Pequot War
1676
Bacon’s Rebellion
1691
Salem Witch Trials
1763
End of Seven Year’s War/French and Indian War
1776
Declaration of Independence
1783
Treaty of Paris
1787
Ratification of the Constitution
1791
Ratification of the Bill of Rights
1796
Washington’s Farewell Address
1800
Election of Thomas Jefferson
1801
Marbury vs. Madison
1803
Louisiana Purchase
1815
End of the War of 1812
1819
Adam-Onis Treaty
1821
Monroe Doctrine
1832
Indian Removal Act
1831
Nat Turner Rebellion
1848
Seneca Falls Convention
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
1850
Compromise of 1850
1854
Kansas-Nebraska Act
1857
Dred Scott Descision
1860
Election of Lincoln
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
1865
End of the Civil War
1868
14th Amendment
1889
Wounded Knee
1893
Panic of 1893
1896
Plessy vs. Ferguson
1898
Spanish American War
1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
1917
US Entry in WWI
1919
Treaty of Paris
1920
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
1924
The National Origins Act
1932
Election of FDR
1935
Social Security Act
1941
Attack on Pearl Harbour
1945
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1947
Truman Doctrine
1950
Start of Korean War
1954
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1974
Nixon Resigns
1980
Election of Ronald Reagan