US/VA James By PROtag Period: Jan 1, 1607 to Nov 18, 1865 Slavery Apr 26, 1607 Jamestown Settled Jul 30, 1619 House of Burgesses Nov 11, 1620 Mayflower Compact Period: Jul 3, 1754 to Jan 7, 1763 French and Indian War Feb 10, 1763 Treaty Of Paris (1763) Oct 7, 1763 Proclamation of 1763 Nov 1, 1765 Stamp Act Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party Sep 5, 1774 1st Continental Congress Apr 19, 1775 Lexington and Concord May 10, 1775 2nd Continental Congress Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Nov 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Dec 31, 1787 Critical Period Oct 19, 1781 Yorktown Sep 3, 1783 The Treaty of Paris May 20, 1785 Land Ordinance of 1785 Aug 29, 1786 Shay's Rebellion Sep 11, 1786 Annapolis Convention May 14, 1787 Constitutional Convention May 25, 1787 3/5ths Compromise May 29, 1787 The Great Compromise Jul 17, 1787 Northwest Ordinance 1787 fbgrnsthjts Sep 25, 1789 Bill of Rights Signed Aug 30, 1800 Gabe Prosser Revolt Period: Nov 7, 1812 to Mar 4, 1832 The Age of the Common Man Mar 1, 1820 Missouri Compromise Period: Dec 13, 1820 to Dec 13, 1860 "OLD" Immigrants Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837 Jackson's Presidency May 28, 1830 Indian Removal Act of 1830 Aug 21, 1831 Nat Turner Revolt Feb 23, 1836 Battle of the Alamo Aug 21, 1836 Battle of Jacinto Nov 18, 1845 U.S. Annexes Texas Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848 Mexican War Period: Jan 24, 1848 to Nov 18, 1855 CA Gold Rush Jul 19, 1848 Seneca Falls Convention Sep 8, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Laws Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Case Nov 6, 1860 Election of 1860 Apr 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter May 20, 1862 Homestead Acts Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jul 4, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Period: Jan 1, 1865 to Mar 31, 1877 Reconstrution Era Jan 31, 1865 13th Amendment Apr 9, 1865 Appamatox Court House Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln's Assassination Period: Aug 21, 1865 to Nov 20, 1965 Jim Crow Era Mar 2, 1867 Reconstruction Act of 1867 Nov 2, 1867 Election of 1867 Jul 28, 1868 14th Amendment Mar 30, 1870 15th Amendment Mar 4, 1874 Herbert Hoover Dec 13, 1880 Knights of Labor May 6, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act May 13, 1886 American Federation of Labor Jul 6, 1886 Sherman Anti-Trust Act Dec 13, 1887 Dawes Act Period: Feb 3, 1890 to Feb 3, 1920 Progressive Era Jun 30, 1892 Homestead Strike Jun 20, 1893 American Railway Union Apr 13, 1896 Plessey v. Ferguson 1896 Mar 18, 1898 Treaty of Paris Mar 18, 1898 Spanish-American War Mar 18, 1899 Open Door Policy Sep 1, 1901 Boxer Rebellion May 22, 1903 Platt Amendment Mar 18, 1904 Roosevelt Corollary Period: Mar 18, 1910 to Mar 18, 1930 The Great Migration May 13, 1912 17th Amendment Mar 15, 1913 16th Amendment Jul 28, 1914 World War 1 Aug 15, 1914 Panama Canal Apr 6, 1917 United States in WW1 May 18, 1917 Selective Service Act Jan 8, 1918 14 Points Jun 4, 1919 19th Amendment Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 17, 1920 18th Amendment Mar 18, 1920 Harlem Renaissance Jul 21, 1925 Scopes Trial Mar 4, 1929 FDR Oct 29, 1929 Black Tuesday Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Feb 26, 1939 Great Depression Jan 1, 1934 FDIC Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl Aug 14, 1935 Social Security Act Feb 26, 1937 Wagner Act Jan 12, 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Mar 18, 1938 New Deal Aug 23, 1939 Non-Aggression Pact Sep 1, 1939 WW2 in Europe Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Dec 8, 1941 US Declares War Jun 4, 1942 Miracle of Midway Dec 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge Dec 18, 1944 Korematsu vs. United States May 7, 1945 V-E Day May 8, 1945 Division of Germany Jun 6, 1945 D-Day Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima A-Bomb Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki A-Bomb Nov 20, 1945 Nuremburg Trials Period: Apr 2, 1947 to Apr 2, 1991 Cold War Apr 2, 1948 Marshall Plan Jun 24, 1948 Berlin Airlift Apr 4, 1949 NATO Oct 1, 1949 Communist takeover of China Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Jan 20, 1953 Eisenhower May 14, 1955 WARSAW Pact Period: Dec 3, 1956 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War May 1, 1960 U2 Incident Sep 14, 1960 OPEC Feb 21, 1972 Nixon in China Jun 17, 1972 Watergate Scandal Sep 7, 1977 Panama Canal Treaty
