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|'''1812-1815'''
|'''1812-1815'''
|'''War of 1812'''
|'''War of 1812'''
|-
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|'''1846-48'''
|'''1846-48'''
|'''Mexican-American War'''
|'''Mexican-American War'''
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
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| rowspan="2" |
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'''1861-65'''
'''1861-65'''
| rowspan="2" |
|  
'''U.S. Civil War'''
'''U.S. Civil War'''
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
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|'''1898'''
|'''1898'''
|'''Spanish-American war'''
|'''Spanish-American war'''
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'''1917-18'''
'''1917-18'''
|'''WWI'''
|'''WWI''' (Europe)
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
| rowspan="2" |
|  
'''1941-45'''
'''1941-45'''
| rowspan="2" |'''WWII'''
| '''WWII''' (Europe & Asia)
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
 
|-
|-
|
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'''1946-1989'''
'''1946-1989'''
|'''Cold War'''
|'''Cold War (US v. USSR)'''
|-
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|'''1950-1953'''
|'''1950-1953'''
|'''Korean War'''
|'''Korean War'''
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|-
|
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'''1959-1965'''
'''1959-1965'''
|'''Vietnam: U.S. intervention'''
|'''Vietnam: U.S. intervention'''
|-
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|'''1965-1972'''
|'''1965-1972'''
|'''Vietnam: U.S. ground & aeriel war'''
|'''Vietnam: U.S. ground & aerial (airplanes) war'''
|-
|-
|'''1990-91'''
|'''1990-91'''
|'''Gulf War'''
|'''Gulf War'''
|-
|- style="background-color:#efefef;"
|'''2002-2021'''
|'''2002-2021'''
|'''Afghanistan War'''
|'''Afghanistan War'''
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!Dates
!Dates
!Other Events & Minor Wars
!Other Events & Minor Wars
|-
| colspan="4" |<center>'''18th Century (1700s)'''</center>
|-
|-
|'''1754-1763'''
|'''1754-1763'''
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|1789
|1789
|US Constitution adopted
|US Constitution adopted
|-
| colspan="4" |<center>'''19th Century (1800s)'''</center>
|-
|-
|'''1846-48'''
|'''1846-48'''
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|1812-1815
|1812-1815
|War of 1812
|War of 1812
expansion of Slavery
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|1865-1877
|1865-1877
|Reconstruction period
|Reconstruction period
|-
|'''1898'''
|'''Spanish-American War'''
|1867-1890s
|"Indian" or "Frontier" wars
"Battle of Little Bighorn," 1876
|-
| colspan="4" |<center>'''20th Century (1900s)'''</center>
|-
|-
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'''1917-18'''
'''1917-18'''
|'''WWI'''
|'''WWI''' (Europe)
|1898
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|Spanish-American War
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| rowspan="2" |
'''1941-45'''
'''1941-45'''
| rowspan="2" |'''WWII'''
| rowspan="2" |'''WWII''' (Europe & Asia)
|1930s
|1930s
|Great Depression
|Great Depression
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'''1946-1989'''
'''1946-1989'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Cold War'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Cold War (US v. USSR)'''
|1950-1953
|1950-1953
|Korean War
|Korean War
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|1991
|1991
|Soviet Union dissolved
|Soviet Union dissolved
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| colspan="4" |<center>'''21st Century (2000s)'''</center>
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** but organizing US History into "periods" makes it more understandable
** but organizing US History into "periods" makes it more understandable


=== Major periods timeline ===
=== Major events timeline by century ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Century
!Period/s
!Major Events
|-
|'''17th Century (1600s)'''
|'''Colonial'''
|
* early English colonies in Virginia & Massachusetts
* colonial population growth via immigration and high birth rate
* expansion of religious tolerance
|-
|'''18th Century (1700s)'''
|'''Late Colonia/ (1700s-1760s)'''
'''Revolutionary (1760s-1780s
Early Republic (1790s)'''
|
* westward expansion of English settlements, into and across Appalachian Mts
* French-Indian War (1754-1763)
* expansion of slavery in South, esp. for tobacco planting
* Revolutionary period & war
* new Republic under the US Constitution & introduction of Bill of RIghts
|-
|'''19th Century (1800s)'''
|'''Antebellum'''
'''Civil War & Reconstruction'''
'''Industrialization'''
|
* western expansion, esp. Louisiana Purchase, Mexican-American War
* slave-based cotton economy & North-South division over slavery
* Civil War & Reconstruction
* European and East Asian immigration
* Industrialization and railroads
|-
|'''20th Century (1900s)'''
|'''American ImperialismWorld Wars & Cold Ear'''
'''American Century'''
|
* U.S. involvement in overseas  Wars
* WWII & subsequent Cold War w/ the USSR
* Collapse of USSR & American gobal dominance
|-
|'''21st Century (2000s)'''
|'''Sept. 11 & War on TerrorGlobalism'''
|
* American cultural and economic dominance
* Wars on Terror / Patriot Act
* Rise of global economy and China
|}
=== Major economic crises timeline - overview ===
for specific events and their details see [[AP US History vocabulary list#Economic crises|AP US History vocabulary list/Econonic crises]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Economic Crises
!Period/s
!Event
!Causes/ Notes
|-
| colspan="3" |'''19th Century'''
|-
|Antebellum
Jacksonian Period
|
|
* the Early Republic offered many opportunities for "getting rich"
** land speculation
** shipping (ocean trade, river ferries, canals, etc.)
** railroad and telegraph (starting 1830s, most growth in the 1850s)
* consequently, U.S. and European banks and investors looked to profit from the incredible geographic and demographic expansion of the young nation
* thus causing "bubbles" that would "burst" when investors failed to receive expected profits or loans went unpaid
|-
|Gilded Age
|
|
* industrialism led to enormous economic growth and opportunity for investment
* railroads and telegraphs were especially important to this expansion
** as the country expanded westward, railroads connected markets
** a more connected nation and ability to transmit information quickly via telegraphs and distribute materials via railroads drove media empries in newspapers and magazines
**
|-
|Progressive Era
|Panic of 1907
|
* in late 1906, the stock market reacted poorly to the 1906 Hepburn Act, which
* Stock market crash (down 50%) during a recession due to a failed Trust company (investment firm) and a subsequent bank failure due to bad loans based upon a coal/iron company stock
* JP Morgan Co. intervened and led other investors to back the banks with credit and cash
* When the coal/iron company stock crashed, US Steel (owned in part by JP Morgan) took over the company, which covered the bad loans and market price loss
** it was significant because the T. Roosevelt administration gave tacit approval (by not objecting to it) of the takeover, even though it extended the U.S. Steel monopoly
** marks the distinction for T.R. between "good trusts" (US Steel) and "bad trusts" (Standard Oil)
* the Panic of 1907 led to calls to reform that nation's money supply, leading to the 1913 establishment of the Federal Reserve
|-
|post-WWI
|Depression of 1920
|
|-
|1930s
|Great Depression
|
|-
|Post-Vietnam
|1970s Stagflation
|Period of economic and political decline
|-
|Mortgage bubble
|2008 Great Recession
|
|}
=== Major periods timeline (by date range) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Dates
!Dates
!Period
!Period
|-
|-
|1609-1763
|1609-1763
|Early colonial period
|Early Colonial
|-
|-
|1763-1775
|1763-1775
|colonial revolutionary period
|American Revolution
|-
|-
|1775-1783
|1775-1783
|Revolutionary War period
|Revolutionary War & American Independence
|-
|-
|1783-1789
|1783-1789
|Articles of Confederation period
|Articles of Confederation


|-
|-
|1789-1820
|1789-1820
|Early Republic period
|Early Republic
|-
|-
|1820s-1861
|1820s-1861
|mid-century "Antebellum" period
|"Antebellum" ("before the war")
("before the war")
|-
|-
|1861-1877
|1861-1877
|Civil War & Reconstruction period
|Civil War & Reconstruction
|-
|-
|1877-1917
|1877-1917
|Industrialization, Segregation,  
|Industrialization, Segregation, Immigration, Imperialism & Progressive Era
Immigration, Imperialism  
 
& Progressive periods
|-
|-
|1917-1945
|1917-1945
|WWI, Great Depression & WWII periods
|WWI, 1920s, Great Depression & WWII
|-
|-
|1945-1991
|1945-1991
|"American Century" & Cold War period
|Cold War period & "American Century"
|-
|-
|1991-today
|1991-today
|Modern globalism period
|Modern Globalism
|}
|}


=== Major periods timeline w/ notes & details ===
=== Major periods timeline w/ notes & details ===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!Dates
!Dates
!Period
!Period
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|-
|-
|1609-1763
|1609-1763
|Early Colonial  
|Early Colonial
|
|
* earliest colonization =
* earliest colonization =
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|}
|}


== Revolution Period: major wars & events timeline w/ details ==
== Revolution Period ==
 
=== American Revolution Period general timeline ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!
!
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1754-1763
|French-Indian War
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1763-83
|American Revolution
|-
|1774-1789
|Continental Congress & the Articles of Confederation
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1775-83
|American Revolutionary War
|-
|1776
|Declaration of Independence
|-
|1781
|English surrender to American forces under Washington
|-
|1783
|Treaty of Paris officially ends American Revolutionary War
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1787-1789
|Constitutional Convention and adoption of the US Constitution
|-
|1791
|Adoption of the US Constitution
|-
|
|
|}
 
=== American Revolution Period timeline w/ details ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
|+
!
!
!
!
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1754-1763
|1754-1763
|French-Indian War
|French-Indian War
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* Britain (England) defeated France and seized all of Canada and lands east of the Mississippi
* Britain (England) defeated France and seized all of Canada and lands east of the Mississippi
*  
*  
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1763-83
|1763-83
|American Revolution
|American Revolution
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** imposed rules and restrictions on trade
** imposed rules and restrictions on trade
** prohibited the colonists from settling in the new lands west of the Appalachian Mts ("Indian Territory)
** prohibited the colonists from settling in the new lands west of the Appalachian Mts ("Indian Territory)
* the colonists begin to protest  
* the colonists begin to protest
* key events of the American Revolution
* key events of the American Revolution
** 1765: Stamp Act, tax and regulations imposed by Britain
** 1765: Stamp Act, tax and regulations imposed by Britain
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|-
|-
|1774-1789
|1774-1789
|Continental Congress & the Articles of Confederation  
|Continental Congress & the Articles of Confederation
|BIG IDEAS:
|BIG IDEAS:


* a "congress" is a meeting of representatives from different places  
* a "congress" is a meeting of representatives from different places
* the "Continental Congress" is the organization of the 13 Colonies that joined together for common cause to oppose British rule
* the "Continental Congress" is the organization of the 13 Colonies that joined together for common cause to oppose British rule
* the Continental Congress started after the British passed the "Intolerable Acts" and blockaded Boston harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party
* the Continental Congress started after the British passed the "Intolerable Acts" and blockaded Boston harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party
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** the Articles did not create a strong national government
** the Articles did not create a strong national government
** they proved incapable of resolving many difficulties and disagreements
** they proved incapable of resolving many difficulties and disagreements
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1775-83
|1775-83
|American Revolutionary War
|American Revolutionary War
| BIG IDEAS:
| BIG IDEAS:


* in 1775 fighting started between colonial "militia" (private soldiers) and British soldiers in Massachusetts  
* in 1775 fighting started between colonial "militia" (private soldiers) and British soldiers in Massachusetts
** the f
*  
* on July 4, 1776, representatives of the 13 colonies signed the "Declaration of Independence" which "declared" (stated as fact) that the colonies were now independent from Britain


*  
*  
|-style="vertical-align:top;"
|-
|1776
|Declaration of Independence
|on July 4, 1776, representatives of the 13 colonies signed the "Declaration of Independence" which "declared" (stated as fact) that the colonies were now independent from Britain
|-
|1781-1783
|End of Revolutionary War
|BIG IDEAS
 
* in 1781 British forces surrender to the Americans under Washington at Yorktown, Virginia
* in 1783 the Treaty of Paris officially ends the American Revolutionary War
** in the Treaty, Britian yielded all lands between the 13 colonies and the Mississippi River
** which greatly expands the size of the new nation
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|1787-1789
|1787-1789
|Constitutional Convention and adoption of the US Constitution
|Constitutional Convention and adoption of the US Constitution
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* as the new country developed from 1783-1789, many problems arose, such as
* as the new country developed from 1783-1789, many problems arose, such as
** lack of common (or uniform), national currency (money)
** lack of common (or uniform), national currency (money)
** lack of common laws  
** lack of common laws
** lack of ability for the national government to pay its debts due to inability to tax
** lack of ability for the national government to pay its debts due to inability to tax
** lack of general organization and standardization (rules) for relations between the states
** lack of general organization and standardization (rules) for relations between the states
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** the assembly at Annapolis didn't achieve much, but decided upon calling for another convention the next year at Philadelphia
** the assembly at Annapolis didn't achieve much, but decided upon calling for another convention the next year at Philadelphia
** the 1787 Constitutional Convention met at Philadelphia and proposed a new form of government among the states
** the 1787 Constitutional Convention met at Philadelphia and proposed a new form of government among the states
*** called the US Constitution  
*** called the US Constitution
*** it was proposed to the states, which debated it and voted for or against
*** it was proposed to the states, which debated it and voted for or against
*** by 1788, enough states had agreed upon adopting the new Constitution, so the government was set to open in 1791
*** by 1788, enough states had agreed upon adopting the new Constitution, so the government was set to open in 1791
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