1492
first contact, Christopher Columbus
1607
Jamestown settlement
1754
french and indian war begins
1763
french and indian war ends
1763
proclamation line
1776
declaration of independence
1781
articles of confederation
1783
revolutionary war ends, treaty of paris
1787
constitutional convention
1788
constitution ratified
1781
bill of rights added to constitution
1803
Louisiana purchase
1812
war of 1812
1820
missouri compromise
1828
tariff of abominations
1846
mexican-american war beings
1848
seneca falls convention
1848
treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
1850
compromise of 1850
1854
kansas-nebraska act
1857
dred scott decision
1860
abraham lincoln elected
1863
emancipation proclamation
1865
civil war ends
1877
reconstruction ends
1880s-1890s
gilded age
1882
chinese exclusion act
1890s
populist party
1896
plessy v ferguson
1898
spanish american war
1898
us imperialism begins
1900s-1910s
progressive era
1900s-1910s
muckrakers
1920
19th amendment
1919
treaty of Versailles
1919
fourteen points
1919
league of nations
1919
red scare
1919
palmer raids
1920s
jazz age
1920s
post-war prosperity
1920s
flappers
1920s
lost generation
1920s
KKK
1920s
harlem renaissance
1924
immigration restriction act
1929
stock market crash
1941
pearl harbor
1945
end of WW2
1945
atomic age begins
1950s
McCarthy
1950s
rock n roll
1954
Brown v Board of education
1960s
civil rights
1960s
students protests against Vietnam war
1980
iranian hostage crisis
1980
reagan revolution begins