History in perspective By facebooker_3468963353316084 1142 Iroquois Confederacy Established May 14, 1607 Jamestown Established 1620 Mayflower Compact Established Period: Jun 20, 1675 to Apr 12, 1678 King Phillips War Period: 1689 to 1697 King Williams War Period: 1692 to 1693 Salem Witch Trails Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Mar 22, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783 Revolutionary War Nov 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation Created Jun 21, 1788 Constitution Ratified Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 3, 1797 George Washington Presidency Period: 1791 to 1794 Whiskey Rebellion Dec 15, 1791 Bill of Rights Ratified Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801 John Adams Presidency Jun 18, 1798 Alien and Sedition Act Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809 Thomas Jefferson Presidency 1803 Louisiana Purchase Feb 24, 1803 Marbury v. Madison Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817 James Madison Presidency Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815 War of 1812 Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825 James Monroe Presidency Dec 2, 1823 Monroe Doctorine Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 3, 1829 John Quincy Adams Presidency Dec 20, 1828 Georgia Laws Take Cherokee Land Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837 Andrew Jackson Presidency May 28, 1830 Indian Removal Act Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841 Martin Van Buren Presidency Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841 William Henry Harrison Presidency Period: Apr 6, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845 John Tyler Presidency Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 3, 1849 James K. Polk Presidency Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican American War Jun 15, 1846 The Oregon Treaty Defines the Canadian Boarder Feb 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850 Zachary Taylor Presidency Period: Jul 10, 1850 to Mar 3, 1853 Millard Filmore Presidency Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857 Franklin Pierce Presidency Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861 James Buchanan Presidency Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Presidency Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 9, 1865 Civil War Jul 1, 1862 Transcontental Railroad Completed Apr 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Assasination Period: Apr 16, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869 Andrew Johnson Presidency Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Ratified Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Ratified Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant Presidency Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment Ratified Period: Jun 25, 1876 to Jun 26, 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn