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Timeline of major events and periods

Major wars & events general timeline[edit | edit source]

Dates Major War Dates Major Events / Minor Wars
1754-1763 French-Indian War 1763-1783 American Revolution

1775-1781

Revolutionary War 1789 US Constitution adopted
1846-48 Mexican-American War 1812-15 War of 1812

1861-65

U.S. Civil War

1850 "Compromise of 1850"
1865-1877 Reconstruction period

1917-18

WWI 1898 Spanish-American War

1941-45

WWII 1930s Great Depression
1950s-60s Civil Rights Movement

1946-1989

Cold War 1950-1953 Korean War

1965-1972

Vietnam: U.S. ground & aeriel war 1959-65 Vietnam War: US intervention

2002-2021

Afghanistan War 2003-11 Iraq War/ "War on Terror"

Major wars & events timeline w/ details[edit | edit source]

1754-1763 French-Indian War 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
1763-83 American Revolution 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:
    • 1765: Stamp Act, tax and regulations imposed by Britain
    • 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
1775-83 American Revolution BIG IDEAS: