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APUS Anchor Dates
APUS
| Historical Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Columbus sails the ocean blue…and arrives at the Caribbean island | 1492 |
| First European colony in America- English colony of Jamestown | 1607 |
| First African slaves introduced in America- Jamestown | 1619 |
| French & Indian War | 1754-1763 |
| Battle of Lexington & Concord: “The Shot Heard Round the World” | 1775 |
| Declaration of Independence | July 4th, 1776 |
| Revolutionary War | 1775-1783 |
| Constitutional Convention | 1787 |
| War of 1812 | 1912-1814 |
| Jacksonian Era | 1829-1837 |
| Civil War | 1861-1865 |
| Reconstruction | 1865-1877 |
| Progressive Era | 1898-1914 |
| World War I | 1914-1919 |
| Stock Market Crash | 1929 |
| Great Depression | 1929-1940 |
| Pearl Harbor: U.S. enters WWII | Dec. 7, 1941 |
| World War II | 1939-1945 |
| Korean War | 1950-1953 |
| Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (school desegregation) | 1954 |
| President Kennedy assassinated | 1963 |
| Vietnam War | 1963-1973 |
| Watergate break-in | 1972 |
| Nixon resigns | 1974 |
| Clinton impeached | 1998 |