1763
Event: Treaty of ParisSignificance: End of the French and Indian WarRelated Events:A. Pontiac's RebellionB. Proclamation of 1763C. End of Salutary Neglect
1776
Event: Declaration of IndependenceSignificance: Beginning of the Am. RevolutionRelated Events:A. Thomas Paine - "Common Sense"B. Second Continental CongressC. Thomas Jefferson
1789
Event: George Washington is elected PresidentSignificance: 1st President of the United StatesRelated Events:A. establishes precedents - 2 terms, cabinet, Mr. President, etc.....B. Bill of Rights - 1791C. Farewell Address
1800
Event: Revolution of 1800Significance: 1st peaceful transition of powerRelated Events:A. Jeffersonian democracyB. Midnight JudgesC. Marshall Court
1803
Event: Marbury v. MadisonSignificance: establishes the principal of judicial reviewRelated Events:A. Midnight judgesB. Louisiana PurchaseC. Lewis and Clark ExpeditionD. Tripolitan Wars
1814
Event: Treaty of GhentSignificance: end of the War of 1812Related Events:A. War HawksB. Battle of New OrleansC. Hartford ConventionD. Nascent NationalismE. American System - Henry ClayF. Era of Good Feelings
1848
Event: Treaty of Guadelupe-HildalgoSignificance: End of the Mexican WarA. California Gold Rush - 1849B. Compromise of 1850 - C. Uncle Tom's CabinD. Gadsden PurchaseE. Kansas-Nebraska Act - Bleeding Kansas
1861
Event: Attack on Fort SumterSignificance: Beginning of the Civil WarA. Election of 1860B. South Carolina secedes - Secession CrisisC. 13th Amendment
1865
Event: Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court HouseSignificance: end of the Civil WarA. Lincoln is assassinatedB. Presidential Reconstruction v. Congressional ReconstructionC. Tenure of Office Act - Johnson is impeached
1877
Event: Compromise of 1877Significance: end of military occupation of the South/ReconstructionA. Election of 1876 - Hayes v. TildenB. Redeemer GovernmentsC. Great Railroad Strike of 1877
1914
Event: Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandSignificance: Beginning of World War IA. Sinking of the Lusitania and USWB. Zimmerman TelegramC. Russian Revolution
1919
Event: Paris Peace ConferenceSignificance: Treaty of VersaillesA. Wilson's 14 Pts. or "Peace Without Victory"B. League of NationsC. 18th/19th Amendment
1929
Event: Stock Market CrashSignificance: ushered in the Great DepressionA. Hoovervilles, bank runs and the Bonus ArmyB. Dust Bowl C. New Deal
1941
Event: Pearl HarborSignificance: The U.S. enters World War IA. "Day that will live in infamy!"B. D-DayC. Battle of the Bulge
1945
Significance:End of World War IIEvent: Germany and Japan surrenderA. A-bombs are dropped on JapanB. Yalta and Potsdam ConferencesC. Creation of the United NationsD. Holocaust
1954
Event: Brown v. Board of Ed. of Topeka, KansasSignificance: Leads to the end of segregation in schoolsA. Civil Rights MovementB. Martin Luther King, Jr. - non-violence; civil disobedience - S.C.L.C. and S.N.C.C.C. Malcolm X/Black Power/Black Panthers
1960
Event: Election of John F. KennedySignificance:A. Televised debatesB. New FrontierC. Flexible Response/Cuban Missiles Crisis/Bay of Pigs/Berlin WallD. Assassination of JFK
1964
Event: Gulf of Tonkin IncidentSignificance: leads to the escalation of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam WarA. Gulf of Tonkin ResolutionB. Attack on PleikuC. Tet OffensiveD. 24th AmendmentE. March on Washinton/Civil Rights Act of 1964/Freedom SummerF. Johnson is elected President
1968
Event:Tet OffensiveSignificance: Johnson decides not to run for re-electionA. Anti-war protestsB. Chicago Riots/Trial of the Chicago 8C. Nixon is elected - "Peace with Honor" - Vietnamization
1973
Event: Cease-fire with North VietnamSignificance: end of the fighting in VietnamA. War Powers Act B. P.O.W.'s are to be returned homeC. Secret bombing of Cambodia D. Roe v. WadeE. "Saturday Night Massacre" - Watergate - Oct. 20thF. V.P. Spiro T. Agnew Resigns; replaced by Gerald FordG. Endangered Species Act
1989
Event: Fall of the Berlin WallSignificance: end of communism in Eastern EuropeA. Germany is reunited - 1990B. Fall of the U.S.S.R.C. New World Order
1994
Event: Contract with AmericaSignificance: Republicans gain control of both Houses of CongressRelated Events:A. Clinton more with to compromiseB. Internet boom/.com boomC. Clinton impeached