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* wars are the effect or cause of change
* wars are the effect or cause of change
* knowing wars and their dates and geography provides context and points of comparison
* knowing wars and their dates and geography provides context and points of comparison
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=== Major Wars ===
=== Major Wars ===
* French-Indian War, 1754-1768:  
* French-Indian War, 1754-1768:
* American Revolution, 1764-1783  
* American Revolution, 1764-1783
* American Revolutionary War, 1775-1781  
* American Revolutionary War, 1775-1781
* War of 1812, 1812-1815
* War of 1812, 1812-1815
* Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
* Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
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* Vietman War, 1959-1975
* Vietman War, 1959-1975
* Vietnam, U.S. ground war: 1965-1972
* Vietnam, U.S. ground war: 1965-1972
* Gulf War, 1990-1991  
* Gulf War, 1990-1991
* War on Terror, 2001-2021
* War on Terror, 2001-2021
* Afghanistan War, 2001-2021
* Afghanistan War, 2001-2021
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=== Colonial Wars ===
=== Colonial Wars ===
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Anglow-Powhatan Wars (1610-1646)|series of three conflicts, 1610-1614, 1622-1632, 1644-1646, consiting of Indian raids, hostage-taking, and English reprisal attacks, starting at Jamestown, and between the English and the Powhattan tribes and their leadership; the Powhattan goal was to drive the English out of Virginia entirely; the Treaty of 1846 ended hostilities and defined the extent of English possessions from the coast upwards the navigable portions of the York and othe rivers}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Anglow-Powhatan Wars (1610-1646)|series of three conflicts, 1610-1614, 1622-1632, 1644-1646, consiting of Indian raids, hostage-taking, and English reprisal attacks, starting at Jamestown, and between the English and the Powhattan tribes and their leadership; the Powhattan goal was to drive the English out of Virginia entirely; the Treaty of 1846 ended hostilities and defined the extent of English possessions from the coast upwards the navigable portions of the York and othe rivers}}</ul>
* Beaver Wars, 1609-1701 (French/Dutch)
* Beaver Wars, 1609-1701 (French/Dutch)
* Jamestown Massacre, 1622  
* Jamestown Massacre, 1622
* Pequot War (1634-1638)
* Pequot War (1634-1638)
* King Philip's War, 1675-1678 | Metaomb's War
* King Philip's War, 1675-1678 | Metaomb's War
* King William's War, 1689-1897
* King William's War, 1689-1897
* Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713
* Queen Anne's War, 1702-1713
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Yamasee War, 1715-1717|frontier/ land disputes and conflicts between settlers and Native Americans in the Carolinas}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Yamasee War, 1715-1717|frontier/ land disputes and conflicts between settlers and Native Americans in the Carolinas}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Chickasaw Wars, 1721-1763|Chickasaw tribes suppported by the British v. French & allied tribes along the Mississippi Valley over access to the Mississippi River; the wars ended with conlcusion of the French-Indian Wars}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Chickasaw Wars, 1721-1763|Chickasaw tribes suppported by the British v. French & allied tribes along the Mississippi Valley over access to the Mississippi River; the wars ended with conlcusion of the French-Indian Wars}}</ul>
* Dummer's War, 1722-25
* Dummer's War, 1722-25
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=== American settlers or frontier wars ===
=== American settlers or frontier wars ===
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Bacon's Rebellion 1676|violent political dispute over colonial protection of frontier settlers and lands; see below}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Bacon's Rebellion 1676|violent political dispute over colonial protection of frontier settlers and lands; see below}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771|ongoing defiance and rebellion of rural North Carolina colonists who objected to taxation and control from the eastern capital of North Carolina, New Bern; the term "Regulators" was chosen to emphasize that the movement wanted "regular" order of local governance and control}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Regulator Insurrection, 1766-1771|ongoing defiance and rebellion of rural North Carolina colonists who objected to taxation and control from the eastern capital of North Carolina, New Bern; the term "Regulators" was chosen to emphasize that the movement wanted "regular" order of local governance and control}}</ul>
* Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-1794
* Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-1794
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Fries's Rebellion, 1799-1800|Tax revolt by Pennyslvania Dutch farmers}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Fries's Rebellion, 1799-1800|Tax revolt by Pennyslvania Dutch farmers}}</ul>


=== US Indian Wars ===
=== US Indian Wars ===
* Creek War (Tecumhsah)
(see above for colonial-era Indian wars)
* Creek War (Tecumseh)
* Seminole Wars
* Seminole Wars
* Sioux Wars (including Pine Ridge Campaign / Dance movement / Battle of Wounded Knee)
* see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars
* see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars


=== Slave Revolts ===
=== Slave Revolts ===
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:New York Slave Revolt of 1712|New York held the most slaves of all the colonies as of 1712, but for urban not agricultural labor; there were many freed slaves, as well, who lived in proximity to one another, so slave discontent was driven by access to and sharing with freed slaves and people in general; the NY Slave Revolt makes for an interesting comparison v. other, southern, slave revolts in that they were not isolated by agricultural conditions and plantation structures}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:New York Slave Revolt of 1712|New York held the most slaves of all the colonies as of 1712, but for urban not agricultural labor; there were many freed slaves, as well, who lived in proximity to one another, so slave discontent was driven by access to and sharing with freed slaves and people in general; the NY Slave Revolt makes for an interesting comparison v. other, southern, slave revolts in that they were not isolated by agricultural conditions and plantation structures}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Stono Rebellion, 1739|South Carolina, largest slave rebellion with 25 English and 35-50 slaves killed; led by an educated slave who knew to take advantage of planters' Sunday worship gatherings when they were unsuspecting and unarmed; this and other southern slave revolts were the product of horrible living conditions but growing slave populations who were able to organize while isolated from free whites; following the Stono Rebellion, SC passed laws requiring more whites per black slaves on plantations and limiting slave access to their own food and economic production}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Stono Rebellion, 1739|South Carolina, largest slave rebellion with 25 English and 35-50 slaves killed; led by an educated slave who knew to take advantage of planters' Sunday worship gatherings when they were unsuspecting and unarmed; this and other southern slave revolts were the product of horrible living conditions but growing slave populations who were able to organize while isolated from free whites; following the Stono Rebellion, SC passed laws requiring more whites per black slaves on plantations and limiting slave access to their own food and economic production}}</ul>
* Nat Turner's Rebellion, 1826
* Nat Turner's Rebellion, 1826


=== Minor Wars or US Military actions ===
=== Minor Wars or US Military actions ===
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Quasi-War, 1798-1800|series of naval battles of the East coast and in the Caribbean, primarily over trade and other diplomatic tensions betwen England and France, and the U.S. and both}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Quasi-War, 1798-1800|series of naval battles of the East coast and in the Caribbean, primarily over trade and other diplomatic tensions betwen England and France, and the U.S. and both}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:First Barbary War, 1801-1805|In response to attacks and hostage-taking of American and other ships since the 1780s by North African "Barbary Pirates", raiders sponsored by by local Ottoman rules, the Jefferson administration sent warships to end the harrassment and cease the practice of paying "tribute" for release of vessels and sailors}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:First Barbary War, 1801-1805|In response to attacks and hostage-taking of American and other ships since the 1780s by North African "Barbary Pirates", raiders sponsored by by local Ottoman rules, the Jefferson administration sent warships to end the harrassment and cease the practice of paying "tribute" for release of vessels and sailors}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Second Barbary War, 1815|after ongoing harrassment of US ships by North African raiders, US Navy defeated the Algerian fleet and ended the long-standing problem with the 'Barbery Pirates"}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Second Barbary War, 1815|after ongoing harrassment of US ships by North African raiders, US Navy defeated the Algerian fleet and ended the long-standing problem with the 'Barbery Pirates"}}</ul>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Panama Revolution, 1903|Teddy Roosevelt Administration sent US warships to Panama in support of revolutionaries who were seeking independence from Columbia; Roosevelt did so becuase a prior agreement with Columbia to give the U.S. rights to build a canal across Panama (the "Panama Isthmums") had fallen apart, and by supporting the revolutionaries, Roosevelt secured access to the lands for the canal}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Panama Revolution, 1903|Teddy Roosevelt Administration sent US warships to Panama in support of revolutionaries who were seeking independence from Columbia; Roosevelt did so becuase a prior agreement with Columbia to give the U.S. rights to build a canal across Panama (the "Panama Isthmums") had fallen apart, and by supporting the revolutionaries, Roosevelt secured access to the lands for the canal}}</ul>
* Russian White Revolution, Vladistok, 1918
* Russian White Revolution, Vladistok, 1918
* Berlin Airlift, 1946 << date?
* Berlin Airlift, 1946 << date?
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* Pueblo Revolt, 1680
* Pueblo Revolt, 1680
* French Revolution, 1789-1795
* French Revolution, 1789-1795
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804|series of wars of that ended in Haitian independence from France; the impact upon the U.S. was that without control of Haiti, New Orleans became less important to France, which also needed the revenue from the Louisiana Purchase}}</ul></li>
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Haitian Revolution, 1791-1804|series of wars of that ended in Haitian independence from France; the impact upon the U.S. was that without control of Haiti, New Orleans became less important to France, which also needed the revenue from the Louisiana Purchase}}</ul>
* Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
* Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
* Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
* Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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=== English colonial periods ===
=== English colonial periods ===
Note:
Note:
* Britain held colonial possessions in the Caribbean region, as well as the thirteen colonies
* Britain held colonial possessions in the Caribbean region, as well as the thirteen colonies and portions of Canada
* following smaller wars and the worldwide French-Indian War (Seven Years War), Britain sequentially took France's Canadian possessions as well as its landholdings between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.  
* following smaller wars and the worldwide French-Indian War (Seven Years War), Britain sequentially took France's Canadian possessions as well as its landholdings between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.  
* Levels of British control of the colonies rose and fell according to domestic British politics and its international priorities.  
* Levels of British control of the colonies rose and fell according to domestic British politics and its international priorities.