STAAR Social Studies Important Dates

What happened in 1607?

• Jamestown was founded

• Plymouth was founded

• The Magna Carta was written

• The Louisiana Purchase

What happened in 1620?

• Jamestown was founded

• Plymouth was founded

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution was written

What happened in 1776?

• Plymouth was founded

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution was written

• The Civil War

What happened in 1787?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution was written

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Civil War

When was the Louisiana Purchase?

• 1787

• 1803

• 1812

• 1860

Which war was fought between 1861 and 1864?

• The French and Indian War

• The American Revolution

• The US-Mexico War

• The Civil War

Which happened first?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The writing of the Constitution

Which happened first?

• The writing of the Articles of Confederation

• The writing of the Constitution

Which war happened first?

• The US-Mexico War

• The American Revolution

Marbury v. Madison happened in the same year as -

• The War of 1812

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The writing of the Constitution

• the Nullification Crisis