AP EXAM: dates to memorize Flashcards
Columbus discovers the Americas
1491
Jamestown founded
1607
Pilgrims arrive in New England
1620
Bacons Rebellion (transition from indentured servants to African slaves)
1676
French & Indian War ends
1763
Stamp Act
1765
Common Sense published, Declaration of Independence
1776
Constitutional convention
1787
Constitution Ratified, George Washington elected President
1788
Thomas Jefferson elected President
1801
Andrew Jackson elected President
1828
Telegraph invented, James K. Polk elected President
1837
Mexican-American War begins
1846
Civil war begins
1861
Civil war ends
1866
Reconstruction ends
1877
Closing of the frontier
1890
Spanish-American War
1898
US enters WWI
1917
Treaty of Versailles ends World War I, 18th Amendment begins Prohibition
1919
19th Amendment – Women’s suffrage
1920
Stock Market Crash, Great Depression begins
1929
FDR elected President, New Deal begins
1932
Pearl Harbor attacked, U.S. enters WWII
1941
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, WWII ends
1945
March on Washington – I Have a Dream speech, JFK assassinated
1963
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (escalation of Vietnam War), Great Society begins
1964
Tet Offensive (turning point in Vietnam), MLK assassinated
1968
Ronald Reagan elected President
1980
Berlin Wall torn down, Cold War ends
1989
