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44 Key Dates
1607 | Jamestown colony founded in Virginia |
1688 | Glorious Revolution in England |
1757-1763 | 7 Years or French Indian War |
1765 | Stamp Act |
1775-1783 | The American Revolution |
1776 | Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, Battle of Trenton |
1787 | Constitution Convention |
1800 | Peaceful Revolution - Thomas Jefferson Elected President |
1803 | Louisiana Purchase/ Marbury v. Madison (Judicial Review) |
1814 | Harford Convention - Death of the Federalist Party |
1820 | Missouri Compromise/ Established 36 30 Dividing Line for Free/Slave States |
1824 | Election of 1824 - John Quincy Adams Elected President |
1828 | Election of 1828 - Andrew Jackson Elected President |
1846-1848 | Mexican-American War / Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1849) |
1848 | Seneca Falls Convention |
1850 | Compromise of 1850 / CA = Free State / Fugitive Slave Law Passed |
1860 | Lincoln Elected President / South Carolina Secedes from the Union |