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Timeline of major events and periods
Major wars & events general timeline[edit | edit source]
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Major War
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Dates
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Major Events / Minor Wars
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| 1754-1763
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French-Indian War
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1763-1783
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American Revolution
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1775-1781
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Revolutionary War
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1789
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US Constitution adopted
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| 1846-48
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Mexican-American War
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1812-15
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War of 1812
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1861-65
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U.S. Civil War
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1850
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"Compromise of 1850"
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| 1865-1877
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Reconstruction period
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1917-18
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WWI
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1898
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Spanish-American War
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1941-45
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WWII
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1930s
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Great Depression
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| 1950s-60s
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Civil Rights Movement
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1946-1989
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Cold War
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1950-1953
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Korean War
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1965-1972
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Vietnam: U.S. ground & aeriel war
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1959-65
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Vietnam War: US intervention
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2002-2021
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Afghanistan War
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2003-11
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Iraq War/ "War on Terror"
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Major wars & events timeline w/ details[edit | edit source]
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| 1754-1763
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French-Indian War
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BIG IDEAS:
- caused by westward expansion of colonists into French territory west of the Appalachian Mts
- Britain (England) defeated France and seized all of Canada and lands east of the Mississippi
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| 1763-83
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American Revolution
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BIG IDEAS:
- after French-Indian War, England
- imposed new taxes on the colonists
- imposed rules and restrictions on trade
- prohibited the colonists from settling in the new lands west of the Appalachian Mts ("Indian Territory)
- the colonists begin to protest
- key events of the American Revolution
- 1765: Stamp Act, tax and regulations imposed by Britain
- a series of other taxes were imposed, such as the "Tea Act"
- as well as a law to force Americans to house ("Quartering Act") British soldiers
- and appointments of colonial governors by the King and not from colonial vote
- 1770: Boston Massacre, British soldiers shoot into crowd of protesters
- 1773: Boston Tea Party, protest against trade restrictions
- 1885: "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, argues against monarchy (king)
- 1776: Declaration of Independence, colonies declare independence from England
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| 1775-83
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American Revolutionary War
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BIG IDEAS:
- in 1775 fighting started between colonial "militia" (private soldiers) and British soldiers in Massachusetts
- 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
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