All American Wars

A short Timeline for :
The Wars of America


1637
The Pequot War - Native Indians of Connecticut included the Narragansetts, Mohegans, Wampanoags, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, Abenakis and Pequots. The Pequots were defeated by the colonists, who were led by John Underhill and John Mason, and the Narragansetts and Mohegans who were their allies
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1640 - 1701
The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars
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1655
The Peach Tree War, also known as the Peach War, was a large scale attack by the Susquehannock Nation and allied Native Americans on several New Netherland settlements centered on New Amsterdam
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1675 - 1677
King Philip's War so named after Metacomet of the Wampanoag tribe, who was called Philip by the English. The war was bloody and bitterly fought by the colonists against the Wampanoags, Narragansetts, Nipmucks, Pocumtucks, and Abenakis. During King Philip's War, up to one third of America's white population was wiped out. This war proved to be the final struggle by the Native Americans of Connecticut.
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1711-1713
The Tuscarora War between the Tuscarora Native Americans and European settlers. The Tuscarora are defeated
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1715
The Yamasee War - An Indian confederation led by the Yamasee came close to exterminating the white settlements in their area
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1722
Iroquois surrender claims to land south of the Ohio River in addition to counties in the eastern panhandle
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1756 - 1763
The Seven Years War (French and Indian War) due to disputes over land is won by Great Britain. France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans. The Spanish give up east and west Florida to the English in return for Cuba.
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10-2-1763
Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War (1754-1763). Canada east of the Mississippi River added to the British empire.
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1764  
Pontiac's Rebellion. The British treated the former Indian allies of the French like conquered peoples, which prompted the Ottawa Chief Pontiac (1720-1769) to lead a rebellion of a number of tribes against the British
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16-12-1773
The Boston Tea Party - Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.========================  
1775 - 1783
The American Revolution creates the United States of America. The Revolution was due to the British burden of taxes and total power to legislate any laws governing the American colonies. George Washington led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence).
 
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1776-1794  
Chickamauga Wars
Cherokee involvement in the American Revolutionary War and continuing through late 1794
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10-7-1778
France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces
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3-9-1783
The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain
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1785–1795
Northwest Indian War  
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1794  
Nickajack Expedition
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1805
Barbary Wars
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1806  
Sabine Expedition
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1811-1813  
Tecumseh's War
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1811  
Battle of Tippecanoe
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1812
War of 1812 begins.
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1812-1815
The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but confirmed America's Independence
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1813-1814
Creek War
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1813
Peoria War
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1817  
First Seminole War (1817–1818)
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1827  
Winnebago War (1827)
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1831  
Nat Turner's revolt
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1832  
Black Hawk War
Seminole War begins
Department of Indian Affairs established
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1832
Black Hawk War
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1835-1837  
Creek Alabama Uprising
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1836  
Florida–Georgia Border War
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1835-1842  
Second Seminole War
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1836  
Missouri–Iowa Border War
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1837  
Osage Indian War (1837)
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1835
Texas War for Independence begins
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1846  
Mexican-American War begins and ends in 1848
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1861- 1865
The American Civil War
 Abraham Lincoln was a known opponent of slavery.  He was elected  a president to UsA and in 1861 the South Secedes. The initial Secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was the opening engagement of the American Civil War.
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1865  
The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy
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1874  
Red River Wars
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1877  
Nez Perce War
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1898-1901
The Spanish American War.
On 10-12-1898 the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.
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1914-1918
First World War :
started 28 July 1914 –ended 11 November 1918
Only in 1917 ,USA entered First World War :
 
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1939  
Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
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1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters World War II
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1944  
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
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1945  

August 6: The United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima - ( US B29 Super fortress bomber, called the 'Enola Gay') A 20 kiloton bomb 'Little Boy' kills 80,000

August 9: The United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki in Japan (US Superfortress 'Bockscar' bomb was called Fat Man) The 22 kiloton 'Fat Man' bomb killed 70,000 people)
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1946
The Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union
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1950
Korean War begins
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1959  
Cuban Revolution
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1961  
Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon
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1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
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1973  
Vietnam War ends with US pulling out in 1973
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1990  
Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War
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1991  
Gulf War
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1993  
World Trade Center bombing
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2001  
September 11 -Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and
The Pentagon
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2001
Invasion of Afghanistan Operation "Enduring Freedom"
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2003
Invasion of  Iraq
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