Timeline Flashcards
(30 cards)
What year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?
1492
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
What years did the French and Indian War take place?
1754-1763
What years encompass the Revolutionary War?
1775-1783
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
When did the Constitution go into effect?
1789
What years did Washington serve as president?
1789-1797
What significant events occurred in 1803?
Marbury v. Madison and Louisiana Purchase
What years did the War of 1812 occur?
1812-1814
What is the Missouri Compromise?
1820
When was Andrew Jackson’s presidency?
1829-1837
What year was Texas annexed by the United States?
1845
What years did the Mexican-American War take place?
1846-1848
What is the Compromise of 1850?
1850
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
1854
What was the Dred Scott decision?
1857
When did South Carolina secede from the Union?
December 1860
What years encompass Abraham Lincoln’s presidency?
1861-1865
When did the Civil War begin?
April 1861 at Fort Sumter
When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
January 1863
What significant battles occurred in July 1863?
Battle of Gettysburg and Siege of Vicksburg
What happened in April 1865?
Confederacy surrenders and Lincoln is assassinated
What is the Age of Exploration?
1492-1607
What years define Colonial America?
1607-1763
