Eras and Bookend Dates Colonial Period 1607 1763
Eras and Bookend Dates
Colonial Period 1607 -1763 • 1607 – Founding of Jamestown • 1763 – French and Indian War ended, end of salutary neglect
Revolutionary Period 1763 -1783 • 1763 – End of F and I War, England ended Salutary Neglect • 1783 – Treaty of Paris signed ending the Revolution
Confederation Period 1781 -1789 • 1781 – States surrender their western land claims and Articles of Confederation goes into effect • 1789 – Constitution ratified; Washington unanimously elected
Era of Good Feelings 1815 -1824 • 1815 – War of 1812 ended; end of the Federalist Party, Monroe elected, extreme nationalism • 1824 – Election of 1824 (Q. Adams) – the Corrupt Bargain
Jacksonian Era 1824 or 1828 -1848 • 1824 – Andrew Jackson wins popular vote (loses election to John Q. Adams) • 1828 – Jackson Wins the Election • 1848 – Mexican War ended (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo/James Polk)
Antebellum Period 1793 -1861 • 1793 - Cotton gin invented/rise of slavery • 1 st half of 1800 s – Antebellum Reform Movement, Early Industrial Revolution • 1861 – Civil War started
Reconstruction Era 1865 -1877 • 1865 – Civil War ended/Presidential Reconstruction (Lincoln/Johnson) • 1866 – Radical Reconstruction (Military Reconstruction) • 1877 – Compromise of 1877/Hayes Tilden Compromise
Gilded Age (Industrial Revolution) 1868 or 1877 -1901 • 1868 – Ulysses Grant elected president • 1877 – End of Military Reconstruction/Begin Redeemer Reconstruction • 1901 – Assassination of William Mc. Kinley
Progressive Era 1901 -1917 • 1901 – Square Deal began w/Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson • 1917 – America entered the Great War/WWI
New Deal Era 1933 -1939 • 1933 – Franklin Roosevelt began his presidency, FDR promises the US a “new deal” in 1932 • 1939 – WWII began in Europe
Fair Deal Era 1945 -1953 • 1945 – Truman became president – continued FDRs programs (FDR died) • 1953 – Korean War divided nation/Truman retired
Cold War 1947 -1989 • 1947 – Truman Doctrine issued – Truman, Ike, JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan • 1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall/Polish solidarity/Fall of the SU soon to follow (1991)
New Frontier/Great Society Era 19611968 • 1961 – John Kennedy became president • 1968 – Vietnam War divided nation/ Johnson chooses not to run again
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