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Outline of United States history

November 30, 2023

The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the history of the United States.

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Named eras and periods edit

These multi-year periods are commonly identified in American history. The existence and dating of some of these periods is debated by historians.

Political parties

These periods are commonly identified as the large changes within political parties. Newer Party Systems are typically disputed by experts and historians due to the complexity of changes in political parties.

Wars

See List of wars involving the United States.

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  • On March 6, 1521, three Spanish ships under the command of Fernão de Magalhães (Ferdinand Magellan) land on the Island of Guam after a seemingly endless eleven week voyage across the Pacific Ocean. Magellan names the archipelago Las Isles de las Velas Latinas (The Islands of the Latine Sails). When the Spaniards refuse to pay for supplies, natives take iron from the ships. Magellan renames the archipelago Las Islas de los Ladrones (The Islands of the Thieves).
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Map of North America at the start of Queen Anne's War (1702), showing areas occupied by the three European powers
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Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic shuts down most businesses and activities, arriving on January 13, 2020.
  • Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021.
  • The Afghanistan War ended with the remaining troops leaving the country on August 30, 2021.

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  1. ^ The states of North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union at precisely the same time. Since the names of the new states were officially published in alphabetical order, it has been customary to consider North Dakota to be the 39th state and South Dakota to be the 40th state.

Further reading edit

  • Adams, James Truslow, ed. Dictionary of American History (5 Vols. 1940)
  • Kutler, Stanley I. ed. Dictionary of American History (3rd Edition 10 Volumes, 2003)
  • Martin, Michael. Dictionary of American History (Littlefield, Adams 1989)
  • Morris. Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of American History (7th ed. 1996)
  • Purvis, Thomas L. A Dictionary of American History (Blackwell 1997)
  • Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. The Almanac of American History (2nd ed. 1993)
  • Thompson, Peter, and Chris Cook. Dictionary of American History: From 1763 to the Present (Facts on File, 2000)

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  •   Media related to History of the United States at Wikimedia Commons

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the history of the United States Contents 1 By period 1 1 Named eras and periods 1 2 Timelines and lists 1 2 1 15th century 1 2 1 1 1490s 1 2 2 16th century 1 2 2 1 1500s 1 2 2 2 1510s 1 2 2 3 1520s 1 2 2 4 1540s 1 2 2 5 1550s 1 2 2 6 1560s 1 2 2 7 1570s 1 2 2 8 1580s 1 2 2 9 1590s 1 2 3 17th century 1 2 3 1 1600s 1 2 3 2 1610s 1 2 3 3 1620s 1 2 3 4 1630s 1 2 3 5 1640s 1 2 3 6 1660s 1 2 3 7 1670s 1 2 3 8 1680s 1 2 3 9 1690s 1 2 4 18th century 1 2 4 1 1700s 1 2 4 2 1710s 1 2 4 3 1720s 1 2 4 4 1730s 1 2 4 5 1740s 1 2 4 6 1750s 1 2 4 7 1760s 1 2 4 8 1770s 1 2 4 9 1780s 1 2 4 10 1790s 1 2 5 19th century 1 2 5 1 1800s 1 2 5 2 1810s 1 2 5 3 1820s 1 2 5 4 1830s 1 2 5 5 1840s 1 2 5 6 1850s 1 2 5 7 1860s 1 2 5 8 1870s 1 2 5 9 1880s 1 2 5 10 1890s 1 2 6 20th century 1 2 6 1 1900s 1 2 6 2 1910s 1 2 6 3 1920s 1 2 6 4 1930s 1 2 6 5 1940s 1 2 6 6 1950s 1 2 6 7 1960s 1 2 6 8 1970s 1 2 6 9 1980s 1 2 6 10 1990s 1 2 7 21st century 1 2 7 1 2000s 1 2 7 2 2010s 1 2 7 3 2020s 2 By region 3 By subject 3 1 History books 3 2 Cultural history of the United States 3 3 Economic history of the United States 3 4 History of education in the United States 3 5 Geographic history of the United States 3 6 History of health care in the United States 3 7 Historiography of the United States 3 8 Maritime history of the United States 3 9 Political history of the United States 3 10 History of science in the United States 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksBy period editPrehistory of the United States History of the United States Pre Columbian era Colonial history of the United States 1776 1789 1789 1849 1849 1865 1865 1918 1918 1945 1945 1964 1964 1980 1980 1991 1991 2008 2008 presentNamed eras and periods edit These multi year periods are commonly identified in American history The existence and dating of some of these periods is debated by historians Plantation era c 1700 c 1860 First Great Awakening 1730s 1740s American Revolution 1775 1783 Second Great Awakening c 1800 c 1840 First wave feminism 19th century early 20th century Manifest Destiny c 1812 c 1860 Era of Good Feelings c 1817 c 1825 Jacksonian Era c 1820 c 1845 The Slave Power c 1840 c 1875 California Gold Rush 1848 1855 American Civil War 1861 1865 Reconstruction era c 1865 1877 Gilded Age 1869 c 1896 Jim Crow era 1876 1965 Gay Nineties 1890s Nadir of American race relations c 1890 1940 Progressive Era 1890s 1920s Lochner era c 1897 c 1937 American Century 20th century Great Migration c 1910 c 1940 World War I c 1914 c 1918 First Red Scare 1917 1920 Prohibition in the United States 1919 1933 Roaring Twenties 1920s Jazz Age 1920s Great Depression 1929 1939 Dust Bowl 1930 1936 New Deal era 1933 1938 World War II 1939 1945 Second Great Migration c 1941 c 1970 Cold War 1947 1991 Second Red Scare 1947 1957 Civil rights era 1954 1968 Space Race 1957 1975 Second wave feminism 1960s 1970s New Great Migration 1965 present Detente c 1969 1979 1970s energy crisis 1973 1980 Reagan Era 1980 1994 Neoconservatism 1980s and 90s Dot com bubble c 1995 2000 United States housing bubble c 2001 c 2005 War on Terror 2001 2021 Political partiesThese periods are commonly identified as the large changes within political parties Newer Party Systems are typically disputed by experts and historians due to the complexity of changes in political parties First Party System c 1788 c 1824 Second Party System c 1828 c 1854 Third Party System c 1854 c 1894 Fourth Party System c 1896 c 1930 Fifth Party System c 1932 c 1976 Sixth Party System c 1980 present WarsSee List of wars involving the United States Timelines and lists edit Timeline of pre United States history Timeline of United States history 1790 1819 Timeline of United States history 1820 1859 Timeline of United States history 1860 1899 Timeline of United States history 1900 1929 Timeline of United States history 1930 1949 Timeline of United States history 1950 1969 Timeline of United States history 1970 1989 Timeline of United States history 1990 2009 Timeline of United States history 2010 present Years in the United States15th century edit 1490s edit On October 12 1492 three Spanish ships under the command of Cristoforo Colombo Christopher Columbus landed on the Lucayan island of Guanahani which he names San Salvador The Savior On November 14 1493 a Spanish fleet under the command of Columbus lands on a large inhabited island which he names Santa Cruz Holy Cross now Saint Croix Columbus then visits and names San Tomas Saint Thomas and San Juan Saint John Columbus names the archipelago Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Virgenes Saint Ursula and her 11 000 virgins now the Virgin Islands On November 19 1493 Columbus lands on the large Taino island of Boriken which he names San Juan Bautista Saint John the Baptist now Puerto Rico and part of the United States 16th century edit 1500s edit On August 8 1508 Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon establishes Caparra the first European settlement on the island of San Juan Bautista in Puerto Rico 1510s edit On Easter Sunday April 2 1513 a Spanish expedition led by Juan Ponce de Leon lands on a huge inhabited island later determined to be a continental peninsula which he names La Pascua Florida the Feast of Flowers now Florida 1520s edit On March 6 1521 three Spanish ships under the command of Fernao de Magalhaes Ferdinand Magellan land on the Island of Guam after a seemingly endless eleven week voyage across the Pacific Ocean Magellan names the archipelago Las Isles de las Velas Latinas The Islands of the Latine Sails When the Spaniards refuse to pay for supplies natives take iron from the ships Magellan renames the archipelago Las Islas de los Ladrones The Islands of the Thieves 1540s edit A Spanish expedition led by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo lands at a bay of the Pacific Ocean which he names San Miguel Saint Michael now San Diego California on September 28 1542 1550s edit A Spanish expedition led by Tristan de Luna y Arellano establishes a colony at Santa Maria de Ochuse Pensacola Florida on August 15 1559 A hurricane destroys most of the Ochuse colony five weeks later on September 19 1559 1560s edit Jean Ribault explores the Atlantic coast of Florida for France in 1562 French Huguenots led by Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere establish Fort de la Caroline on June 22 1564 Spanish Governor Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes a colony about 10 leagues 56 kilometers or 35 miles farther south at San Agustin St Augustine Florida on September 8 1565 Spanish Governor Pedro Menendez de Aviles captures Fort de la Caroline on September 20 1565 Governor Menendez orders the execution of 140 Huguenots from Fort de la Caroline and orders fort rebuilt as Fuerte San Mateo on September 29 1565 Governor Menendez orders the execution of Jean Ribault and 350 shipwrecked Huguenots on October 12 1565 French raiders led by Dominique de Gourgues destroy Fuerte San Mateo and murder all its defenders on April 27 28 15671570s edit Spanish Jesuit priests establish Mission Santa Maria on Ajacan the Virginia Peninsula on September 10 1570 15721580s edit Spain Portugal Italy and the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth adopt the new Gregorian calendar on October 15 1582 New Style English establish Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in Virginia now North Carolina in July 15851590s edit On August 18 1590 a resupply party finds the Roanoke Colony dismantled and deserted The fate of the settlers remains a mystery Spanish Governor Juan de Onate Salazar founds the colony of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mejico New Mexico at San Juan de los Caballeros on July 11 159817th century edit 1600s edit French establish the colony of l Acadie Acadia on Ile Sainte Croix Saint Croix Island Maine June 1604 1605 English establish the Virginia Colony on Jamestown Island on May 14 1607 English establish the Popham Colony along the Kennebec River Maine on August 13 1607 August 1607 First Anglo Powhatan War 1609 16131610s edit Spanish Governor Pedro de Peralta moves the capital of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mejico New Mexico from San Juan de los Caballeros to La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis Santa Fe in 1610 The first slave ship arrives in Jamestown Virginia in 16191620s edit English Puritans establish the Plymouth Colony on November 11 1620 Netherlands establish the province of Nieuw Nederland New Netherland along the Hudson River in May 1624 English Puritans establish the Newe England Colony on September 6 1628 King Charles I of England grants the Newe England Colony a royal charter as the Governour and Company of the Mattachusetts Bay in Newe England on March 4 16291630s edit The Town of Boston is chartered and named capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony September 7 1630 English Puritans establish the Saybrook Colony along the Connecticut River 1635 English Puritans establish the River Colony along the Connecticut River March 3 1636 Roger Williams establishes the Colony of Providence June 1636 Pequot War July 20 1636 May 26 1637 Swedish establish the colony of Nya Sverige New Sweden along the Delaware River March 29 1638 English establish the Newe Haven Colony April 14 1638 Anne Hutchinson establishes the first of the colonies of Rhode Island 16381640s edit King Charles II grants a charter for the Colony of Providence Plantations including the Colony of Providence and the colonies of Rhode Island March 1644 Second Anglo Powhatan War 1644 1646 The Connecticut Colony annexes the Saybrook Colony 16441660s edit King Charles II of England grants the River Colony a royal charter as the Colony of Connecticut May 1662 King Charles II of England grants a royal charter for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1663 England seizes New Netherland from the Netherlands August 27 1664 England splits New Netherland into the Province of New York and the Province of New Jersey The Colony of Connecticut annexes the New Haven Colony January 5 1665 Second Anglo Dutch War March 4 1665 July 31 16671670s edit Third Anglo Dutch War April 7 1672 March 5 1674 A Netherlands fleet under the command of Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste captures the Province of New York August 1673 Netherlands military government of New Netherland August 1673 March 5 1674 Treaty of Westminster February 19 1674 England regains control of the Province of New York March 5 1674 The Province of New Jersey is split into the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey March 18 1673 King Philip s War June 8 1675 August 12 16761680s edit Pueblo Revolt in Santa Fe de Nuevo Mejico August 10 1680 September 14 1692 Pope leads revolt of Puebloan peoples against Spanish rule European culture and Christian religion August 10 1680 Spanish settlers flee Santa Fe for El Paso del Norte August 21 1680 New Spanish Governor Diego de Vargas Zapata y Lujan Ponce de Leon y Contreras reconquers Santa Fe de Nuevo Mejico September 14 1692 King Charles II of England grants William Penn a charter for the Province of Pennsylvania March 4 1681 William Penn leases the three lower counties on the Delaware River Delaware from James Duke of York March 1682 William Penn writes the first Frame of Government of Pennsylvania including the three lower counties on the Delaware River April 2 1682 Dominion of New England in America June 3 1686 May 18 1689 England creates the Dominion of New England in America to rule the Colony of Massachusetts Bay the Colony of New Plymouth the Province of New Hampshire the Province of Main and the Narraganset Country or King s Province June 3 1686 England adds the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the Connecticut Colony to the Dominion of New England in America September 9 1686 England adds the Province of New York the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey to the Dominion of New England in America May 7 1688 The government of the Dominion of New England in America collapses May 18 1689 The Colony of Massachusetts Bay the Colony of New Plymouth the Province of New Hampshire the Province of Main the Narraganset Country or King s Province as the Dominion of New England in America the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations the Connecticut Colony the Province of New York the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey resume their previous self governance King William s War 1689 September 20 1697 Treaty of Ryswick September 20 16971690s edit English diarchs William III and Mary II organize the Province of Massachusetts Bay as a crown colony including the Massachusetts Bay Colony the New Plymouth Colony Martha s Vineyard Nantucket Island the Province of Maine and the English claims in Nova Scotia October 7 1691 Governor Francis Nicholson moves the capital of the Province of Maryland from Saint Mary s City to Anne Arundel s Towne which he renames Annapolis 169418th century edit 1700s edit nbsp Map of North America at the start of Queen Anne s War 1702 showing areas occupied by the three European powersEngland reunites the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey as the Province of New Jersey Queen Anne s War 1702 April 11 1713 Treaty of Utrecht April 11 1713 William Penn grants the three lower counties on the Delaware River their own General Assembly making Delaware a semi autonomous region of the Province of Pennsylvania November 1704 July 4 1776 The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland unite to become the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 1 1707 England s colonies become British colonies 1710s edit Tuscarora War 1711 February 11 1715 France cedes l Acadie to England with the Treaty of Utrecht April 11 1713 Yamasee War 1715 17171720s edit Dummer s War 1721 17251730s edit King George II of Great Britain grants James Oglethorpe a charter for the Province of Georgia April 21 1732 War of Jenkins Ear 1739 17481740s edit King George s War 1740 October 18 1748 Treaty of Aix la Chapelle October 18 17481750s edit Spain establishes El Presidio Real San Ignacio de Tubac in Sonora y Sinaloa now Arizona June 2 1752 The Kingdom of Great Britain and the British Empire adopt the Gregorian calendar September 14 1752 French and Indian War May 28 1754 February 10 1763 Britain orders all French Acadians to leave Nova Scotia in Le Grand Derangement August 11 1755 Treaty of Paris February 10 17631760s edit nbsp Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750 before the French and Indian WarPontiac s Rebellion 1763 1767 Royal Proclamation of 1763 October 7 1763 British Indian Reserve October 7 1763 September 3 1783 War of the Regulation 1764 1771 Spain establishes El Presidio Real de San Diego in California May 14 17691770s edit British troops kill five civilians in Boston on March 5 1770 Spain establishes colony of Las Californias June 3 1770 March 26 1804 Spain establishes El Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey on June 3 1770 Dunmore s War 1773 1774 The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Massachusetts Government Act on May 20 1774 The Massachusetts Provincial Congress is organized on October 7 1774 in response to the Massachusetts Government Act American Revolutionary War April 19 1775 September 3 1783 Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19 1775 The Province of New Hampshire adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Hampshire January 5 1776 The Province of South Carolina adopts a constitution for an independent State of South Carolina on March 15 1776 The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 4 1776 The Colony of Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on June 18 1776 The Colony of Virginia adopts a constitution for an independent Commonwealth of Virginia on June 29 1776 The Province of New Jersey adopts a constitution for an independent State of New Jersey on July 2 1776 The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia Massachusetts Bay Maryland Connecticut Rhode Island and Providence Plantations New York New Jersey New Hampshire Pennsylvania and Delaware South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4 1776 The Republic of New Connecticut declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on January 15 1777 The Republic of New Connecticut changes its name to Vermont on June 2 1777 Battles of Saratoga on September 19 and October 7 1777 Battle of the Chesapeake on September 5 1781 Siege of Yorktown September 28 October 19 1781 Treaty of Paris signed on September 3 1783 Spain establishes El Presidio Real de San Francisco de Asis in Las Californias September 17 1776 English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to visit the Hawaiian Islands which he names the Sandwich Islands January 18 17781780s edit The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts takes effect on October 25 1780 changing the name of the State of Massachusetts Bay Spain establishes El Presidio Real de Santa Barbara in Las Californias April 21 1782 Northwest Indian War 1785 August 3 1795 Treaty of Greenville August 3 1795 Shays Rebellion August 29 1786 May 25 1787 The Philadelphia Convention writes a new Constitution of the United States May 25 September 17 1787 The Congress of the Confederation organizes the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio July 13 1787 The State of Delaware becomes the 1st state to ratify the Constitution December 7 1787 The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania becomes the 2nd state to ratify the Constitution December 12 1787 The State of New Jersey becomes the 3rd state to ratify the Constitution December 18 1787 The State of Georgia becomes the 4th state to ratify the Constitution January 2 1788 The State of Connecticut becomes the 5th state to ratify the Constitution January 9 1788 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes the 6th state to ratify the Constitution February 6 1788 The State of Maryland becomes the 7th state to ratify the Constitution April 28 1788 The State of South Carolina becomes the 8th state to ratify the Constitution May 23 1788 The Constitution takes effect when the State of New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to ratify the document June 21 1788 The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the Constitution June 25 1788 The State of New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the Constitution July 26 1788 A new government under the Constitution is formed on March 4 1789 George Washington becomes the 1st president of the United States on April 30 1789 The State of North Carolina becomes the 12th state to ratify the Constitution November 21 17891790s edit The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations becomes the 13th state to ratify the Constitution May 29 1790 The Vermont Republic is admitted to the Union as the State of Vermont the 14th state on March 4 1791 Whiskey Rebellion 1791 1794 The United States Bill of Rights the first ten amendments to the Constitution takes effect on December 15 1791 The United States sells the Erie Triangle to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania March 3 1792 The District of Kentucky of the Commonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as the Commonwealth of Kentucky the 15th state on June 1 1792 The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect February 7 1795 The Territory South of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Tennessee the 16th state on June 1 1796 John Adams becomes the 2nd president of the United States on March 4 1797 The Territory of Mississippi is organized April 7 1798 Quasi War 1798 180019th century edit 1800s edit The Territory of Indiana is organized May 7 1800 Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd president of the United States on March 4 1801 First Barbary War 1801 1805 The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio the 17th state on March 1 1803 The United States takes possession of the Louisiana Purchase December 20 1803 Spanish creates the colony of Alta California from northern portion of Las Californias March 26 1804 August 24 1821 Lewis and Clark Expedition May 14 1804 September 23 1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean November 18 1805 The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect June 15 1804 Battle of Sitka October 1804 The Territory of Orleans is organized and the District of Louisiana is created October 1 1804 The Territory of Michigan is organized June 30 1805 The Territory of Louisiana is organized July 4 1805 Pike Expedition July 15 1806 July 1 1807 Spanish cavalry arrests Pike Expedition February 26 1807 The Territory of Illinois is organized March 1 1809 James Madison becomes the 4th president of the United States on March 4 18091810s edit Mexican War of Independence September 16 1810 August 24 1821 Grito de Dolores on September 16 1810 Treaty of Cordoba signed on August 24 1821 The Republic of West Florida declares its independence from Spain September 23 1810 The United States unilaterally annexes the Florida Parishes of Spanish Florida Occidental October 27 1810 Tecumseh s War 1811 A tremendous earthquake strikes the region around New Madrid in the Territory of Louisiana Missouri February 7 1812 The Territory of Orleans is admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana the 18th state on April 30 1812 The Territory of Louisiana is renamed the Territory of Missouri on June 4 1812 War of 1812 June 18 1812 March 23 1815 The United States declares war on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on June 18 1812 Battle of Lake Erie on September 10 1813 Battle of Bladensburg on August 24 1814 Burning of Washington on August 24 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh September 6 11 1814 Battle of Baltimore September 12 15 1814 Treaty of Ghent signed on December 24 1814 Battle of New Orleans on January 8 1815 Creek War 1813 1814 First Seminole War 1814 1819 Second Barbary War March 3 1815 December 23 1816 The United States declares war on Algiers March 3 1815 The Territory of Indiana is admitted to the Union as the State of Indiana the 19th state on December 11 1816 The Territory of Alabama is organized March 3 1817 James Monroe becomes the 5th president of the United States on March 4 1817 The Territory of Mississippi is admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi the 20th state on December 10 1817 The Territory of Illinois is admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois the 21st state on December 3 1818 The Territory of Arkansaw is organized July 4 1819 The Territory of Alabama is admitted to the Union as the State of Alabama the 22nd state on December 14 18191820s edit The District of Maine of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is admitted to the Union as the State of Maine the 23rd state on March 15 1820 The Adams Onis Treaty establishes the boundary between the United States and the Kingdom of Spain February 22 1821 The southeastern portion of the Territory of Missouri is admitted to the Union as the State of Missouri the 24th state on August 10 1821 The remainder of the Missouri Territory becomes unorganized The Territory of Florida is organized March 30 1822 The Russo American Treaty establishes the boundary between Russian Alaska and the Oregon Country at the parallel 54 40 north January 12 1825 John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th president of the United States on March 4 1825 Winnebago War 1827 Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th president of the United States on March 4 18291830s edit Nat Turner s slave rebellion August 21 22 1831 Black Hawk War 1832 Second Seminole War 1835 1842 Toledo War 1835 1836 Texas Revolution October 2 1835 October 2 1836 Battle of the Alamo February 23 1836 March 6 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence March 2 1836 Battle of San Jacinto April 21 1836 Texas Indian Wars May 19 1836 June 2 1875 Fort Parker massacre May 19 1836 Council House massacre March 19 1840 The Territory of Arkansaw is admitted to the Union as the State of Arkansas the 25th state on June 15 1836 The Territory of Wisconsin is organized July 3 1836 The United States buys the Platte Purchase from the recently relocated Iowa Sac and Fox nations September 17 1836 The purchase includes the region east of the Missouri River south of Sullivan Line and west of the mouth of the Kaw Kansas River The Territory of Michigan is admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan the 26th state on January 26 1837 Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th president of the United States on March 4 1837 The Platte Purchase is annexed to the State of Missouri March 28 1837 Missouri Mormon War August 6 November 1 1838 The Territory of Iowa is organized July 4 1838 Aroostook War 1838 1839 Honey War 18391840s edit William Henry Harrison becomes the 9th president of the United States on March 4 1841 John Tyler becomes the 10th president of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on April 4 1841 The extralegal Provisional Government of Oregon governs the Oregon Country May 2 1843 August 14 1848 Illinois Mormon War June 7 1844 September 17 1846 Assassination of Joseph Smith Jr on June 27 1844 Battle of Nauvoo September 12 1846 September 17 1846 Treaty of Wanghia July 3 1844 The Territory of Florida is admitted to the Union as the State of Florida the 27th state on March 3 1845 James K Polk becomes the 11th president of the United States on March 4 1845 The Republic of Texas is admitted to the Union as the State of Texas the 28th state on December 29 1845 Mexican American War April 23 1846 February 2 1848 The United States declares war on Mexico May 11 1846 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed on February 2 1848 Biddle Expedition arrives at Uraga Harbor in Japan July 20 1846 The southeastern portion of the Territory of Iowa is admitted to the Union as the State of Iowa the 29th state on December 28 1846 The remainder of the Iowa Territory becomes unorganized Cayuse War November 29 1847 June 11 1855 Walla Walla Treaty June 11 1855 The southeastern portion of the Territory of Wisconsin is admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin the 30th state on May 29 1848 The remainder of the Wisconsin Territory becomes unorganized The Territory of Oregon is organized August 14 1848 The Territory of Minnesota is organized March 3 1849 The extralegal State of Deseret governs the Great Basin region May 3 1849 September 9 1850 Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th president of the United States on March 4 18491850s edit Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th president of the United States upon the death of President Zachary Taylor on July 9 1850 The State of California is admitted to the Union as the 31st state on September 9 1850 The Territory of New Mexico and the Territory of Utah are organized September 9 1850 The Territory of Washington is organized February 8 1853 Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th president of the United States on March 4 1853 Perry Expedition arrives at Uraga Harbor in Japan July 14 1853 Convention of Kanagawa March 31 1854 The Territory of Kansas and the Territory of Nebraska are organized May 20 1854 Sioux Wars August 19 1854 December 29 1890 Grattan massacre August 19 1854 Wounded Knee Massacre December 29 1890 James Buchanan becomes the 15th president of the United States on March 4 1857 Utah Mormon War May 28 1857 July 8 1858 Mountain Meadows massacre September 11 1857 The eastern portion of the Territory of Minnesota is admitted to the Union as the State of Minnesota the 32nd state on May 11 1858 The remainder of the Minnesota Territory becomes unorganized The extralegal Territory of Jefferson governs the Southern Rocky Mountains region October 24 1859 February 28 1861 The western portion of the Oregon Territory is admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon the 33rd state on February 14 1859 The remainder of the Oregon Territory is annexed to the Washington Territory 1860s edit The State of South Carolina becomes the 1st state to secede from the Union on December 20 1860 The State of Mississippi becomes the 2nd state to secede from the Union on January 9 1861 The State of Florida becomes the 3rd state to secede from the Union on January 10 1861 The State of Alabama becomes the 4th state to secede from the Union on January 11 1861 The State of Georgia becomes the 5th state to secede from the Union on January 19 1861 The State of Louisiana becomes the 6th state to secede from the Union on January 26 1861 The eastern portion of the Territory of Kansas is admitted to the Union as the State of Kansas the 34th state on January 29 1861 The remainder of the Kansas territory becomes unorganized The State of Texas becomes the 7th state to secede from the Union on February 1 1861 The 7 rebellious slave states of South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Texas create the rival Confederate States of America on February 4 1861 The Territory of Colorado is organized February 28 1861 The Territory of Nevada is organized March 2 1861 The Territory of Dakota is organized March 2 1861 Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States on March 4 1861 A rump government declares itself the Confederate Territory of Arizona on March 16 1861 American Civil War April 12 1861 May 13 1865 Battle of Fort Sumter April 12 1861 April 13 1861 The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state to secede from the Union on April 17 1861 Union naval blockade of the Confederacy April 19 1861 April 9 1865 The State of Arkansas becomes the 9th state to secede from the Union on May 6 1861 The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th state admitted to the Confederacy on May 7 1861 The State of North Carolina becomes the 10th state to secede from the Union on May 20 1861 The State of Arkansas becomes the 9th state admitted to the Confederacy on May 18 1861 The State of North Carolina becomes the 10th state admitted to the Confederacy on May 21 1861 The State of Tennessee becomes the 11th state to secede from the Union on June 8 1861 The State of Tennessee becomes the 11th state admitted to the Confederacy on July 2 1861 First Battle of Bull Run July 21 1861 A rump government claiming to represent the State of Missouri declares its secession from the Union on October 31 1861 A rump government claiming to represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky declares its secession from the Union on November 20 1861 The rump government of the State of Missouri becomes the 12th state admitted to the Confederacy on November 28 1861 The rump government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky becomes the 13th state admitted to the Confederacy on December 10 1861 The rump government of the Confederate Territory of Arizona becomes the only Confederate Territory on February 14 1862 Battle of Shiloh April 6 1862 April 7 1862 Battle of Antietam September 17 1862 The Territory of Arizona is organized February 24 1863 The Territory of Idaho is organized March 4 1863 Siege of Vicksburg May 18 1863 July 4 1863 The northwestern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia is admitted to the Union as the State of West Virginia the 35th state on June 20 1863 Battle of Gettysburg July 1 1863 July 3 1863 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22 1863 Siege of Atlanta May 7 1864 September 2 1864 The Territory of Montana is organized May 28 1864 The State of Nevada is admitted to the Union as the 36th state on October 31 1864 Battle of Appomattox Courthouse April 9 1865 Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington D C on April 14 1865 President Abraham Lincoln dies on April 15 1865 Andrew Johnson becomes 17th president of the United States on April 15 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect December 18 1865 The State of Tennessee becomes the 1st Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 24 1866 The Territory of Nebraska is admitted to the Union as the State of Nebraska the 37th state on March 1 1867 President Andrew Johnson is impeached by the United States House of Representatives February 24 1868 President Andrew Johnson is acquitted by the United States Senate May 16 1868 The State of Arkansas becomes the 2nd Confederate State readmitted to the Union on June 22 1868 The State of Florida becomes the 3rd Confederate State readmitted to the Union on June 25 1868 The State of North Carolina becomes the 4th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 4 1868 The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect July 9 1868 The State of Louisiana becomes the 5th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 9 1868 The State of South Carolina becomes the 6th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 9 1868 The State of Alabama becomes the 7th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 13 1868 The Territory of Wyoming is organized July 25 1868 Ulysses S Grant becomes the 18th president of the United States on March 4 1869 The Transcontinental railroad is completed on May 10 18691870s edit The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the 8th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on January 26 1870 The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution February 3 1870 The State of Mississippi becomes the 9th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on February 23 1870 The State of Texas becomes the 10th Confederate State readmitted to the Union on March 30 1870 The State of Georgia becomes the 11th and last Confederate State readmitted to the Union on July 15 1870 The United States attacks Korea June 10 1871 July 3 1871 Black Hills War March 17 1876 1877 Battle of the Little Bighorn June 25 1876 June 26 1876 The nation celebrates the Centennial of the United States of America despite news from the Little Bighorn July 4 1876 The Territory of Colorado is admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado the 38th state on August 1 1876 Rutherford B Hayes becomes the 19th president of the United States on March 4 18771880s edit James A Garfield becomes the 20th president of the United States on March 4 1881 Chester A Arthur becomes the 21st president of the United States upon the assassination of President James Garfield on September 19 1881 The portion of the Dakota Territory south of the 42nd parallel north and west of the Missouri River is annexed to the State of Nebraska March 28 1882 Grover Cleveland becomes the 22nd president of the United States on March 4 1885 Benjamin Harrison becomes the 23rd president of the United States on March 4 1889 The Territory of Dakota is admitted to the Union as the State of North Dakota and the State of South Dakota the 39th state and the 40th state on November 2 1889 1 The Territory of Montana is admitted to the Union as the State of Montana the 41st state on November 8 1889 The Territory of Washington is admitted to the Union as the State of Washington the 42nd state on November 11 18891890s edit The Territory of Oklahoma is organized May 2 1890 The Territory of Idaho is admitted to the Union as the State of Idaho the 43rd state on July 3 1890 The Territory of Wyoming is admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming the 44th state on July 10 1890 Grover Cleveland becomes the 24th as well as the 22nd president of the United States on March 4 1893 The Territory of Utah is admitted to the Union as the State of Utah the 45th state on January 4 1896 William McKinley becomes the 25th president of the United States on March 4 1897 Spanish American War April 23 August 12 1898 Teller Amendment blocks United States annexation of Cuba April 20 1898 The Spanish Empire declares war on the United States April 23 1898 Invasion of Guantanamo Bay June 6 1898 June 10 1898 Capture of Guam June 20 1898 June 21 1898 Battle of Santiago de Cuba July 3 1898 Invasion of Puerto Rico July 25 1898 August 13 1898 Protocol of Peace signed on August 12 1898 Treaty of Paris December 10 1898 The United States annexes the Philippines Porto Rico sic and Guam December 10 1898 The United States formally occupies Cuba January 1 1899 May 20 1902 Platt Amendment promotes United States hegemony of Cuba March 2 1901 The Territory of Hawaii is organized July 7 1898 Second Samoan Civil War August 22 1898 November 14 1899 Anglo German Samoa Convention November 14 1899 The United States annexes Eastern Samoa December 2 1899 Philippine American War June 2 1899 June 15 1913 Philippine Declaration of Independence June 12 1898 The Philippines declares war on the United States June 2 1899 Moro Rebellion May 2 1902 June 15 1913 Organic Act for the Philippine Islands July 1 1902 President Theodore Roosevelt declares the end of Philippine American War July 4 1902 Boxer Rebellion November 2 1899 September 7 1901 The Society of Right and Harmonious Fists attacks Beijing June 20 1900 The Eight Nation Alliance relieves Beijing August 14 1900 The Boxer Protocol is imposed on China September 7 190120th century edit 1900s edit A hurricane strikes Galveston Texas killing approximately 8 000 people September 8 1900 Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley on September 14 1901 The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of Cuba May 20 1902 The United States formally ends its occupation of Cuba May 20 1902 The United States seizes opportunity to build a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama January 22 1903 August 15 1914 The United States and the Republic of Colombia sign the Hay Herran Treaty January 22 1903 The Congress of Colombia rejects the Hay Herran Treaty August 12 1903 The United States Navy patrol gunboat USS Nashville blocks Colombian attempts to suppress a Panamanian separatist movement October 26 1903 March 4 1904 The Republic of Panama declares its independence from the Republic of Colombia November 3 1903 United States Marines occupy region around proposed canal November 4 1903 January 21 1914 The United States and the Republic of Panama sign the Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty November 18 1903 The United States annexes the Panama Canal Zone November 18 1903 A tremendous earthquake strikes the San Francisco region April 18 1906 The United States reoccupies Cuba September 29 1906 January 28 1909 The Territory of Oklahoma is admitted to the Union as the State of Oklahoma the 46th state on November 16 1907 William Howard Taft becomes the 27th president of the United States on March 4 19091910s edit The Territory of New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the State of New Mexico the 47th state on January 6 1912 The Territory of Arizona is admitted to the Union as the State of Arizona the 48th state on February 14 1912 The District of Alaska is reorganized as the Territory of Alaska August 24 1912 The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect February 3 1913 Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th president of the United States on March 4 1913 The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect April 8 1913 The United States occupation of Veracruz April 21 1914 November 23 1914 The Panama Canal opens to shipping August 15 1914 The United States occupation of Haiti July 28 1915 August 11 1934 Doroteo Arango Arambula Pancho Villa orders raid on Columbus New Mexico March 9 1916 General John Pershing leads Mexican Expedition March 14 1916 February 7 1917 The United States occupation of the Dominican Republic May 16 1916 July 13 1924 The United States purchases the Danish West Indies from Denmark January 17 1917 World War I June 28 1914 November 11 1918 The United States declares war on the German Reich April 6 1917 Armistice with Germany November 11 1918 The Treaty of Versailles and the Covenant of the League of Nations are signed June 28 1919 The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles primarily because of Article X of the Covenant of the League of Nations March 20 1920 The United States Congress declares end of war July 2 1921 Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War May 26 1918 April 1 1920 The American Expeditionary Force Siberia August 15 1918 April 1 1920 The American Expeditionary Force North Russia September 4 1918 August 5 1919 The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect January 29 19191920s edit The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect August 18 1920 Warren G Harding becomes the 29th president of the United States on March 4 1921 Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th president of the United States upon the death of President Warren Harding on August 2 1923 Hurricane San Felipe Segundo strikes the Leeward Islands Puerto Rico the Bahamas and Florida killing more than 4 000 people September 6 1928 September 20 1928 Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st president of the United States on March 4 1929 Great Depression September 3 1929 September 1 1939 Wall Street Crash September 3 1929 July 8 1932 Black Tuesday October 29 19291930s edit The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified January 23 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States on March 4 1933 The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is repealed by the Twenty first Amendment to the United States Constitution December 5 19331940s edit The United States assumes the defense of Greenland Kalaallit Nunaat April 9 1941 1946 The United States assumes the defense of Iceland July 27 1941 1946 The United States and Brazil assume the defense of Surinam November 24 1941 1946 World War II September 1 1939 September 2 1945 The Empire of Japan invades Manchuria September 19 1931 The Italian Empire invades Ethiopia October 3 1935 The German Reich invades Poland September 1 1939 The Empire of Japan attacks Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 The United States declares war on the Empire of Japan December 8 1941 The German Reich declares war on the United States December 11 1941 The United States declares war on the German Reich and the Italian Empire December 11 1941 Aleutian Islands Campaign June 3 1942 August 15 1943 The United States declares war on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania June 5 1942 Allied Forces invade Sicily July 9 1943 Allied Forces invade Italy September 3 1943 Italy secretly signs an armistice with Allied Forces September 3 1943 Allied Forces invade Normandy June 6 1944 Japan launches Fu Go balloon bombs into the northwestern United States November 3 1944 April 15 1945 Allied Forces invade Okinawa March 18 1945 German Instrument of Surrender signed May 7 and 8 1945 The United States tests the first atomic bomb at the Trinity Site in New Mexico July 16 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima August 6 1945 The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki August 9 1945 Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed September 2 1945 Harry S Truman becomes the 33rd president of the United States upon the death of President Franklin Roosevelt on April 12 1945 The United States and 50 other nations form the United Nations October 24 1945 The League of Nations ceases operation April 20 1946 Cold War March 5 1946 December 25 1991 Berlin Blockade June 24 1948 May 11 1949 Berlin Airlift June 25 1948 September 30 19491950s edit Korean War June 25 1950 July 27 1953 North Korea invades South Korea June 25 1950 The United Nations invade North Korea September 15 1950 China invades North Korea November 1 1950 China invades South Korea January 1 1951 Korean Armistice Agreement signed July 27 1953 The Twenty second Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect February 27 1951 Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the 34th president of the United States on January 20 1953 The Territory of Alaska is admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska the 49th state on January 3 1959 Vietnam War September 26 1959 April 30 1975 The United States sends military advisors to the Republic of Vietnam February 12 1955 The United States and the Vietnam People s Army wage covert war in Laos October 1962 1975 The United States begins bombing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam August 2 1964 The United States sends regular ground troops to the Republic of Vietnam March 8 1965 Battle of Khe Sanh January 21 April 8 1968 Tet Offensive January 30 September 23 1968 Battle of Hue January 30 March 3 1968 The United States covertly bombs Vietnam People s Army military targets in Cambodia 1968 1970 Battle of Hamburger Hill May 10 20 1969 The United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam invade Cambodia April 29 July 22 1970 Paris Peace Accords January 27 1973 The United States removes regular ground troops from the Republic of Vietnam March 27 1973 Fall of Saigon April 30 1975 The Territory of Hawaii is admitted to the Union as the State of Hawaiʻi the 50th state on August 21 19591960s edit Cuba confiscates property of United States companies and citizens July 5 1960 John F Kennedy becomes the 35th president of the United States on January 20 1961 The Twenty third Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect March 29 1961 Cuban exiles supported by the United States invade Cuba April 17 19 1961 United States embargo against Cuba since February 7 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis October 15 28 1962 United States naval quarantine of Cuba October 24 December 31 1962 Lyndon B Johnson becomes the 36th president of the United States upon the assassination of President John Kennedy on November 22 1963 The Twenty fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect January 23 1964 A tremendous earthquake strikes the region around Anchorage Alaska on Good Friday March 27 1964 The United States and allies invade the Dominican Republic April 28 1965 September 1966 The Twenty fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified February 10 1967 Richard Nixon becomes the 37th president of the United States on January 20 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are first people to walk on the Moon July 20 21 19691970s edit The Twenty sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect July 1 1971 Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt are the last Apollo astronauts to walk on the Moon December 11 14 1972 The United States airlifts military supplies to Israel during the Yom Kippur War October 12 November 14 1973 Gerald Ford becomes the 38th president of the United States upon the resignation of President Richard Nixon on August 9 1974 The nation celebrates the Bicentennial of the United States of America July 4 1976 Jimmy Carter becomes the 39th president of the United States on January 20 1977 Iran hostage crisis November 4 1979 January 20 1981 The United States transfers sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone back to the Republic of Panama October 1 19791980s edit Mount St Helens erupts May 18 1980 Ronald Reagan becomes the 40th president of the United States on January 20 1981 The United States joins Multinational Force in Lebanon August 29 1982 February 26 1984 Truck bombings kill 307 in Beirut October 23 1983 The United States invades Grenada October 25 December 15 1983 The United States pursues the Strategic Defense Initiative March 27 1984 May 13 1993 President Ronald Reagan presents Star Wars speech March 23 1983 Black Monday October 19 1987 Somali Civil War since 1988 The United Nations intervenes in the Somali Civil War July 27 1992 March 3 1995 The United States leads the Unified Task Force December 9 1992 May 4 1993 The United States deploys independent Task Force Ranger August 8 1993 March 31 1994 Battle of Mogadishu October 3 4 1993 George H W Bush becomes the 41st president of the United States on January 20 1989 The United States invades Panama December 20 1989 February 13 19901990s edit Persian Gulf War August 2 1990 February 28 1991 The Republic of Iraq invades the State of Kuwait August 2 1990 The United States and allies invade Kuwait and Iraq February 24 1991 The United States and allies enforce a no fly zone over Iraq north of the 36th parallel north April 7 1991 December 31 1996 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina April 1 1992 December 14 1995 The United Nations airlifts humanitarian aid to Bosnia and Hercegovina July 2 1992 January 9 1996 NATO enforces ban on unauthorized military flights over Bosnia and Hercegovina April 13 1993 August 30 1995 NATO bombs Bosnian Serb Army in Bosnia and Herzegovina August 30 September 20 1995 The Twenty seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect May 5 1992 The United States and allies enforce a no fly zone over Iraq south of the 32nd parallel north August 27 1992 September 4 1996 Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president of the United States on January 20 1993 The United States contributes troops for United Nations peacekeeping in Macedonia July 9 1993 clarification needed The United States and allies invade Haiti September 19 1994 March 31 1995 Dot com bubble January 4 1995 March 10 2000 Kosovo War April 22 1996 June 11 1999 NATO bombs the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia March 24 June 10 1999 The United States and allies enforce an expanded no fly zone over Iraq south of the 33rd parallel north September 4 1996 April 30 2003 Al Qaeda simultaneously bombs United States embassies in Dar es Salaam Tanzania and Nairobi Kenya August 7 1998 The car bombs kill 223 people and injure more than 4000 The United States and the United Kingdom bomb Iraq December 16 1998 December 19 1998 The United States House of Representatives impeaches President Bill Clinton December 19 1998 The United States Senate acquits President Bill Clinton February 12 1999 The United States transfers ownership of the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama December 31 199921st century edit 2000s edit Dot com collapse on March 10 2000 October 10 2002 United States housing bubble 2000 2006 Al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole at Aden in Yemen on October 12 2000 George W Bush becomes the 43rd president of the United States on January 20 2001 Al Qaeda attacks on the United States on September 11 2001 Afghanistan War since October 7 2001 The United States and allies invade Afghanistan on October 7 2001 President George W Bush declares Iran Iraq and North Korea to 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Morris Richard ed Encyclopedia of American History 7th ed 1996 Purvis Thomas L A Dictionary of American History Blackwell 1997 Schlesinger Arthur M Jr The Almanac of American History 2nd ed 1993 Thompson Peter and Chris Cook Dictionary of American History From 1763 to the Present Facts on File 2000 External links edit nbsp Media related to History of the United States at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Outline of United States history amp oldid 1185605301, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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