apush unit 1 dates

• 1754

  start of the French and Indian war (aka 7 years war)
• 1776


  declaration of independence
• 1781


  articles of confederation adopted
• 1789


  constitution ratified
• 1796


  washington's farewell address
• 1800


  first peaceful transition of power ("Revolution of 1800")
• 1812


  war of 1812 ("Second war of Independence")
• 1820

  missouri compromise
• 1828


  election of andrew jackson
• 1832


  andrew jackson nullification crisis; kills national bank
• 1850


  compromise of 1850
• 1854


  kansas-nebraska act; founding of republican party
• 1860


  election of abraham lincoln
• 1863


  gettysburg address; emancipation proclamation
• 1865


  end of civil war, start of reconstruction
• 1877


  compromise of 1877, reconstruction ends
• 1896


  plessy v ferguson
• 1904


  election of teddy roosevelt (beginning of progressive era)
• 1932


  FDR elected, new deal
• 1954


  brown v board of education
• 1973


  roe v wade, watergate
• 1980


  election of ronald reagan