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  1637The 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 
     
  16401640 - 1701 - The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars 
     
  16551655 - 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 
     
  16751675 - 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. 
     
  17111711-1713: The Tuscarora War between the Tuscarora Native Americans and European settlers. The Tuscarora are defeated 
     
  1715The Yamasee War - An Indian confederation led by the Yamasee came close to exterminating the white settlements in their area 
     
  1722Iroquois surrender claims to land south of the Ohio River in addition to counties in the eastern panhandle 
     
  17561756 - 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. 
     
  1763February 10: Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War (1754-1763). Canada east of the Mississippi River added to the British empire. 
     
  1764Pontiac'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 
     
  1773December 16: The Boston Tea Party - Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor. 
     
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  17751775 - 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). Timeline of Wars 
     
  1776Chickamauga Wars (1776–1794) Cherokee involvement in the American Revolutionary War and continuing through late 1794 
     
  1778July 10, 1778 - France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces 
     
  1783September 3, 1783 - The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain 
     
  1785Northwest Indian War (1785–1795) 
     
  1794Nickajack Expedition (1794) 
     
  1805Barbary Wars 
     
  1806Sabine Expedition (1806) 
     
  1811Tecumseh's War (1811–1813) 
     
  1811Creek War (1813–1814) 
     
  1813Peoria War (1813) 
     
  1811Battle of Tippecanoe 
     
  1812War of 1812 begins.  
     
  18121812 - 1815 - The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but confirmed America's Independence 
     
  1817First Seminole War (1817–1818) 
     
  1827Winnebago War (1827) 
     
  1831Nat Turner's revolt 
     
  1832Black Hawk War
Seminole War begins
Department of Indian Affairs established		 
     
  1832Black Hawk War (1832) 
     
  1835Creek Alabama Uprising (1835–1837) 
     
  1836Florida–Georgia Border War (1836) 
     
  1835Second Seminole War (1835–1842) 
     
  1836Missouri–Iowa Border War (1836) 
     
  1837Osage Indian War (1837) 
     
  1835Texas War for Independence begins 
     
  1846Mexican-American War begins and ends in 1848 
     
  18611861 - 1865: The American Civil War. outbreak of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president 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. 
     
  1865The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy 
     
  1874Red River Wars 
     
  1877Nez Perce War 
     
  18981898-1901 The Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines. 
     
  1914WW1 started 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918 
     
  1917US enters World War I 
     
  1939Germany invades Poland; World War II begins  
     
  1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
U.S. enters World War II		 
     
  1944D-Day
Battle of the Bulge		 
     
  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)
 
     
  1946The Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union 
     
  1950Korean War begins 
     
  1959Cuban Revolution 
     
  1961Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon 
     
  1962Cuban Missile Crisis 
     
  1973Vietnam War ends with US pulling out in 1973 
     
  1990Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War 
     
  1991Gulf War 
     
  1993World Trade Center bombing 
     
  2001September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon
Invasion of Afghanistan Operation "Enduring Freedom"		 
     
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