US History By rainarr 1492 Columbus Period: 1492 to 1603 Spain 1603 Quebec Period: 1607 to 1732 First: Jamestown(VA) and Last: GA Period: 1651 to 1696 Trade and Navigation Acts Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War (7 years war) 1765 Stamp Act 1774 Taxation Without Representation Period: 1775 to 1783 War for Independence 1777 Articles of Confederation 1787 Constitution Period: 1812 to 1815 War of 1812 1821 Missouri Compromise 1840 Westward Expansion and Mexican War 1850 Compromise of 1850 Period: 1850 to 1860 Dissolution of the Union 1860 Abe Lincoln 1861 SC Secedes along with FL, AL, MS, GA, TX, VA, & NC. Not: KY or TN 1861 Confederates take Fort Sumpter Period: 1861 to 1865 Civil War Period: 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction