Important Dates In U.S.History (1600s-1900s) By tamoirobinson Period: Feb 12, 1607 to Oct 10, 1914 Years May 14, 1607 Establishment of Jamestown, Virginia Mar 1, 1692 Salem Witch Trials (March 1-October 29, 1692 Jan 1, 1730 Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) Aug 1, 1756 French and Indian War (August 1756-February 10,1763) Feb 10, 1763 Treaty of Paris 1763 Oct 7, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Feb 17, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 24, 1774 Intolerable Acts Jan 10, 1776 Thomas Paine's Common Sense Dec 25, 1776 George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Dec 19, 1777 Winter at Valley Forge (December 19,1777-June 19,1778) Sep 28, 1781 Battle Of Yorktown (September 28,1781-October 19,1781) Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris 1783 Jul 13, 1787 Northwest Ordinance Sep 17, 1787 Ratification of the Constitution Feb 4, 1789 Presidency of George Washington Mar 14, 1794 Invention of the Cotton Gin Jul 1, 1794 Whiskey Rebellion (July 1794) Jan 1, 1800 Second Great Awakening (1800s-1830s) May 2, 1803 Louisianna Purchase Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 (June 18, 1812-December 24, 1814) Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise Apr 25, 1846 Mexican-American War (April 25, 1846-February 2, 1848 Feb 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Sep 1, 1850 Compromise of 1850 (September 1850) Jan 1, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act (Jan 1854) Mar 1, 1857 Dred Scott Decision (March 1857) Oct 16, 1859 John Brown's Raid Nov 6, 1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12-14, 1861) Sep 17, 1862 Battle Of Antietam Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Jul 22, 1864 Battle For Atlanta (July 22,1864-September 2, 1864) Jan 1, 1865 Reconstruction (1865-1877) May 10, 1869 Completion of the Transcontinental Road Jan 1, 1870 Creation of Standard Oil Company (1870) Oct 22, 1879 Invention of the Electric Light Bulb May 1, 1886 Creation of American Federation of Labor (May 1886) Dec 29, 1890 Battle Of Wounded Knee Jun 1, 1894 Pullman Strike (Summer of 1894) May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Apr 20, 1898 Spanish-American War (April 20-August 12,1898) Jan 1, 1899 Philippine-American War (1899-1912) Jan 1, 1906 Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906) Feb 12, 1909 Formation of NAACP Oct 10, 1914 Completion of the Panama Canal
