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

The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars

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

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.

The Tuscarora War between the Tuscarora Native Americans and European settlers. The Tuscarora are defeated

The Yamasee War - An Indian confederation led by the Yamasee came close to exterminating the white settlements in their area

Iroquois surrender claims to land south of the Ohio River in addition to counties in the eastern panhandle

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.

Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War (1754-1763). Canada east of the Mississippi River added to the British empire.

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

The Boston Tea Party - Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest against the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor.

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 WarsTimeline of the Revolutionary War

Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794) Cherokee involvement in the American Revolutionary War and continuing through late 1794

France declares war against Britain and makes an alliance with the American revolutionary forces

The Treaty of Paris is signed by the victorious United States and the defeated Great Britain

Northwest Indian War (1785-1795)

Nickajack Expedition (1794)

Barbary Wars

Sabine Expedition (1806)

Tecumseh's War (1811-1813)

Creek War (1813-1814)

Peoria War (1813)

Battle of Tippecanoe

War of 1812 begins.

The War of 1812 between U.S. and Great Britain, ended in a stalemate but confirmed America's Independence

First Seminole War (1817-1818)

Winnebago War (1827)

Nat Turner's revolt

Black Hawk War. Seminole War begins. Department of Indian Affairs established

Black Hawk War (1832)

Creek Alabama Uprising (1835-1837)

Florida-Georgia Border War

Second Seminole War (1835-1842)

Missouri-Iowa Border War (1836)

Osage Indian War (1837)

Texas War for Independence begins

Mexican-American War begins and ends in 1848

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.

The surrender of Robert E. Lee on April 9 1865 signalled the end of the Confederacy

Red River Wars

Nez Perce War

The Spanish American War. On December 10, 1898 the Treaty of Paris the US annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines.

WW1 started 28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918

US enters World War I

Germany invades Poland; World War II begins

Attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. enters World War II

D-Day - Battle of the Bulge

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

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)

The Cold War began between the United States and the Soviet Union

Korean War begins

Cuban Revolution

Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam War ends with US pulling out in 1973

Iraq invades Kuwait leading to 1991 Gulf War

Gulf War

World Trade Center bombing

Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon

Invasion of Afghanistan Operation 'Enduring Freedom'