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• 1492


  Christopher Columbus' first voyage to new world
• 1588


  Defeat of Spanish armada my England
• 1607


  English settlement begins with founding of Jamestown
• 1620


  Pilgrims arrive in Plymoth in New England
• 1763


  Peace of Paris ends French & Indian war

  Proclamation Line
• 1776


  Declaration of American Independence
• 1781-1787


  Critical Period (Articles of confederation)
• 1989


  End of the Cold War

  Fall of the Berlin Wall

  Political changes in Eastern Europe
• 1789


  Ratification of Constitution

  New Government established
• 1800


  Election of Thomas Jefferson

  Transfer of power to new political party
• 1803


  Jefferson buys Louisiana from France
• 1828


  Election of Andrew Jackson
• 1838


  Trail of tears (Cherokee Indian Removal)
• 1845


  "Manifest Destiny" Reaches its peak
• 1850


  Compromise delays Civil War for 10 years
• 1860


  Election of Abraham Lincoln

  Beginning of southern succession
• 1861-1865


  American Civil War
• 1864-1877


  Reconstruction period in American south
• 1890


  Census Bureau declares end of the frontier
• 1896


  Election of Mckinley

  End of the Populist Movement
• 1898


  Spanish-American War
• 1898-1917


  Progressive Era
• 1914-1918


  World War 1
• 1929


  Stock Market Crash marks beginning of Great Depression
• 1932


  Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 1941


  Pearl Harbor/ U.S enters World War 2
• 1945


  Yalta Conference

  V-E Day and V-J day end World War 2
• 1947


  Truman Doctrine
• 1950-1953


  Korean Conflict
• 1957


  Sputnik
• 1963


  Assassination of J.F.K
• 1964


  Civil Rights Movement

  Tonkin Gulf Resolution
• 1964-1973


  Direct involvement by U.S in Vietnam
• 1968


  Tet Offensive

  Anti War Demonstrations

  Riots at Democratic conventions

  Assassination of M.L.K and R.F.K
• 1974


  Richard Nixon resignation

  Watergate
• 1979


  Establishment of former relations with China
• 1979-1981


  Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
• 1980


  Ronald Reagan election marks conservative political swing
• 1991


  Gulf War
• 2000


  Bush vs. Gore supreme court decision