U.S. History Timeline

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Beaver Wars

1638 - 1711

The French and Indian War

1753 - 1765

The Revolutionary War

1775 - 1783

The War of 1812

1812 - 1815

Jacksonian Reform Era

1824 - 1845

Texas War for Independence

1830 - 1836

The Mexican government did not officially recognize Texas's independence until 1848, but Santa Anna signed The Treaties of Velasco in 1836, which gave Texas Independence. Texas was not annexed until 1845.

Mexican-U.S. War

1846 - 1848

The Civil War

1861 - 1865

Reconstruction

1865 - 1877

Second Industrial Revolution

1870 - 1914

Gilded Age

1878 - 1889

Progressive Era

1890 - 1913

Spanish-American War

1898 - 1902

wwI

1914 - 1918

The Great Depression

1929 - 1940

The New Deal

1933 - 1938

WWII

1939 - 1945

The Cold War

1945 - 1991

Korean War

1950 - 1953

The Vietnam War

1959 - 1975

The Persian Gulf War

January 16, 1991 - April 6, 1991