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APUSH DefiningEvents
| Period | Defining Events | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial Period | Jamestown Founded End of F&I War with Treaty of Paris (1763) | (1607 - 1763) |
| Revolutionary Period | End of F&I War with Treaty of Paris (1763) Treaty of Paris (1783) ends Am. Rev. | (1763 - 1783) |
| Confederation Period | AOC ratified Constitution ratified | (1781 - 1789) |
| Era of Good Feelings | War of 1812 ends Election of John Q. Adams | (1815 - 1824) |
| Jacksonian Era | Election of Andrew Jackson End of Mexican-American War | (1828 - 1848) |
| Antebellum Era | Washington's proclamation of neutrality Start of Civil War | (1793 - 1861) |
| Reconstruction Era | End of Civil War End of Reconstruction with election of Hayes | (1865 - 1877) |
| Gilded Age | Election of Grant, industrial boom Election of Theodore Roosevelt | (1868 - 1901) |
| Progressive Era | Election of Theodore Roosevelt US enters WW1 | (1901 - 1917) |
| New Deal Era | FDR elected WW2 begins with Germany invading Poland | (1933 - 1939) |
| New Frontier/Great Society Era | JFK elected Johnson does not run for president, Nixon elected | (1961 - 1968) |
| Cold War Era | WW2 ends Dissolving of USSR | (1945 - 1991) |
| Pre-Columbian Era | Initial entrance of people to North America European Colonization (Columbus) | (26kya - 1492) |
| Confederation Period | Ratification of the A. of Confederation Ratification of the Constitution | (1781 - 1789) |
| Federalist Era | Ratification of the Constitution Victory of Jefferson in the pres. election | (1789 - 1800) |
| Jeffersonian Era | Election of Thomas Jefferson Election of James Monroe | (1801 - 1817) |
| Civil Rights Era | Brown V. Board of Education decision Assassination of MLK | (1954 - 1968) |
| Reagan Era | Election of Ronald Reagan End of George H. W. Bush's presidency | (1981 - 1991) |