Dates Test Flashcards
1607
The first successful English colony is established in the Americas
1763
The French American war is over with the treaty of Paris (date) salutary neglect
1776
The us declares its independence
1783
Revolutions war ends with the treaty of Paris 1883
1787
Constitutional convention is held
1800
Jefferson is elected in a peaceful transition of power
1803
La purchase
1820
Missouri compromise
1845
The republic of Texas is annexed in to the us
1848
Mexican American war ends
1849
Gold is discovered in California
1860
The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency
1861
South Carolina seceded starting the civil war
1865
The end of the civil war and the beginning of reconstruction
1877
The end of reconstruction
1898
Spanish American war
1917
The us enters ww1
1919
19th amendment
1929
The Great Depression begins
1941
The us enters ww2
1945
Ww2 ends
1950
The Korean War begins marking the beginning of the Cold War
1954
Brown v board of education ruling is made marking the beginning of the civil rights movement
1965
The voting rights act of 1965 is passes marking the unofficial end to the civil rights movement