Key Events and Policies of American Foreign Policy

Constitutional Period

1607 - 1775

1620

1775 - 1781

1781 - 1789

1787 - 1788

1789 - 2012

Presidencies and Executive Orders

1789 - 1797

1796

1797 - 1801

1801 - 1809

1809 - 1817

1817 - 1825

1823

1825 - 1829

1829 - 1837

1837 - 1841

1841

1841 - 1845

1842

1845 - 1849

1845

1849 - 1850

1850 - 1854

1854 - 1857

1857 - 1861

1861 - 1865

1865 - 1869

1869 - 1877

1877 - 1881

1881 - 1885

1881

1885 - 1889

1889 - 1893

1893 - 1897

1897 - 1901

1899

1901 - 1909

1901

1904

1909 - 1913

1909 - 1913

1910

1913 - 1921

1917

1918

1919

1921 - 1923

1923 - 1929

1929 - 1933

1932

1933 - 1945

1934

1937

1939

1941

1945 - 1953

1947

1953 - 1961

1954

1957

1961 - 1963

1961

1961

1963 - 1969

1965

1969 - 1974

1969

1974 - 1977

1977 - 1981

1981 - 1989

1981

1989 - 1993

1993 - 2001

1999

2001 - 2009

2002

2009 - 2012

Congresses and Foreign Policy Legislation

1781

1789 - 1791

1789

1791 - 1793

1793 - 1795

1794

1795 - 1797

1797 - 1799

1798

1799 - 1801

1799

1801 - 1803

1803 - 1805

1805 - 1807

1807 - 1809

1807

1809 - 1811

1809

1810

1811 - 1813

1813 - 1815

1815 - 1817

1817 - 1819

1819 - 1821

1821 - 1823

1823 - 1825

1825 - 1827

1827 - 1829

1829 - 1831

1831 - 1833

1833 - 1835

1835 - 1837

1837 - 1839

1839 - 1841

1841 - 1843

1843 - 1845

1845 - 1847

1847 - 1849

1849 - 1851

1851 - 1853

1853 - 1855

1855 - 1857

1857 - 1859

1859 - 1861

1861 - 1863

1863 - 1865

1865 - 1867

1865

1867 - 1869

1869 - 1871

1871 - 1873

1873 - 1875

1875 - 1877

1877 - 1879

1879 - 1881

1881 - 1883

1882

1883 - 1885

1885 - 1887

1887 - 1889

1889 - 1891

1891 - 1893

1893 - 1895

1895 - 1897

1897 - 1899

1898

1899 - 1901

1901 - 1903

1903 - 1905

1905 - 1907

1907 - 1909

1909 - 1911

1911 - 1913

1913 - 1915

1915 - 1917

1917 - 1919

1917

1919 - 1921

1921 - 1923

1923 - 1925

1925 - 1927

1927 - 1929

1929 - 1931

1930

1931 - 1933

1933 - 1935

1934

1935 - 1937

1935

1936

1937 - 1939

1937

1938

1939 - 1941

1939

1939

1940

1941 - 1943

1941

1943 - 1945

1943

1945 - 1947

1945

1945

1946

1947 - 1949

1948

1949 - 1951

1951 - 1953

1951

1953 - 1955

1955 - 1957

1957 - 1959

1959 - 1961

1961 - 1963

1961

1961

1963 - 1965

1964

1965 - 1967

1967 - 1969

1969 - 1971

1971 - 1973

1973 - 1975

1973

1973

1974

1974

1974

1974

1975 - 1977

1976

1977 - 1979

1977

1978

1979 - 1981

1979

1981 - 1983

1983 - 1985

1984

1985 - 1987

1986

1987 - 1989

1989 - 1991

1991 - 1993

1991

1992

1992

1993 - 1995

1995 - 1997

1996

1996

1997 - 1999

1997

1999 - 2001

1999

2000

2000

2000

2001 - 2003

2001

2002

2002

2003 - 2005

2003

2004

2004

2005 - 2007

2006

2007 - 2009

2007

2008

2009 - 2011

2011 - 2013

Supreme Courts and Judicial Decisions

1789 - 1795

1795 - 1801

1795

1796

1801 - 1835

1829

1831

1832

1835 - 1864

1841

1856

1861

1864 - 1873

1866

1871

1873 - 1888

1884

1888 - 1910

1889

1898

1898

1899 - 1937

1907

1910 - 1921

1918

1920

1921

1921 - 1930

1925

1927

1930 - 1941

1936

1936

1937

1939

1941 - 1946

1942

1942

1944

1946 - 1953

1946

1948

1948

1950

1950

1950

1951

1952

1952

1953 - 1969

1956

1956

1956

1957

1957

1958

1958

1958

1959

1960

1961

1961

1964

1965

1965

1965

1967

1967

1968

1969 - 1986

1970

1971

1972

1974

1974

1974

1981

1981

1986 - 2005

1988

1998

2004

2005 - 2013

2006

2008

Bureaucratic Evolution

1981

1990

1994

Wars, Military Expeditions, & Occupations

1774

1775 - 1783

1776 - 1794

1785 - 1795

1798 - 1800

1801 - 1805

1807

1811 - 1813

1811

1812 - 1815

1813 - 1814

1813

1815

1817 - 1818

1827

1832

1832

1835 - 1842

1836

1838 - 1839

1839

1842

1846 - 1848

1853

1855

1856

1858

1861 - 1865

1867

1893

1894

1898

1899 - 1902

1902

1904

1906 - 1909

1910 - 1919

1914 - 1917

1915 - 1934

1916 - 1924

1917 - 1918

1918 - 1922

1923 - 1928

1941 - 1945

1950 - 1953

1950

1954

1955 - 1975

1965 - 1966

1983

1986

1989

1990 - 1991

1992 - 1993

1994 - 1995

1998 - 1999

2001 - 2012

2003 - 2011

2011

Other Significant Events

1630

1646

1763

1776

1797 - 1798

1803

1810

1819

1822

1835 - 1836

1845

1848

1854

1861

1863

1867

1890

1891

1898

1898

1899 - 1901

1917

1919

1921

1932

1935 - 1940

1941

1944 - 1971

1944

1944

1945

1945

1945

1946

1946 - 1949

1948 - 1949

1948

1956

1964

1968

1968

1971

1971

1971 - 1979

1972 - 1979

1979

1979 - 1989

1989

2011

Treaties, Protocols, and Memoranda

1671

1758

1763

1768

1778

1778

1778

1783

1783

1784

1786

1794

1795

1797

1797

1800

1805

1806

1814

1818

1818

1819

1824

1826

1833

1842

1844

1846

1846

1847

1848

1850

1854

1854

1856

1858

1858

1864

1868 - 1937

1868

1875

1886

1889

1897

1898

1899

1899

1901

1901

1903

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907

1907

1912

1914

1917

1917

1919

1919

1920

1921

1921

1922

1922

1925

1928

1928

1929

1931

1933

1936

1941

1943

1943

1943

1943

1944

1944

1944

1945

1945

1945

1945

1946

1946

1947

1947

1947

1948

1948

1948

1949

1949

1951

1951

1951

1951

1954

1954

1955

1955

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1961

1961

1962

1963

1963

1963

1963

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1970

1971

1972

1972

1972

1973

1973

1973

1974

1975

1975

1977

1978

1979

1980

1980

1984

1985

1987

1987

1988

1990

1990

1990

1991

1992

1993

1993

1993

1994

1994

1994

1995

1995

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2002

2002

2002

2002

2003

2004

2010