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APUSH dates
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1492 | Columbus discovers Americas |
| 1607 | Jamestown |
| 1620 | Pilgrims in New England |
| 1765 | Stamp Act |
| 1775 | Rev. War begins |
| 1776 | Common Sense, Dec. of Independence |
| 1787 | Const. Convention |
| 1789 | Const. Ratified, George W inaugurated |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson elected |
| 1828 | AJ elected |
| 1844 | Telegraph, James K. Polk |
| 1846 | Mex-American War begins |
| 1861 | Civil War begins |
| 1865 | Civil war ends |
| 1877 | Reconstruction ends with election of Hayes |
| 1890 | Closing of the frontier |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War |
| 1917 | US Enters WWI |
| 1919 | Treaty of Versailles ends WOrld War I, 18th Amendment -- Prohbition |
| 1920 | 19th Amendment -- Women's suffrage |
| 1929 | Stock Market Crash, Great Depression |
| 1933 | FDR elected, New Deal |
| 1941 | Pearl Harbor, US enters WWII |
| 1945 | A-Bombs dropped, end of WWII |
| 1963 | March on Washington (I Have a Dream), JFK assassinated |
| 1964 | Gulf of Tonkin, Great Society |
| 1968 | Tet Offensive |
| 1980 | Ron. Reagan Elected |
| 1989 | Fall of Berlin Wall |