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• History of the United States
  • Pre-Colonial America
  • Colonial AmericaFor colonies not part of the 13 colonies see European colonization of the Americas or British colonization of the Americas. Starting in the late 16th century, the British began to colonize North America. The first attempts, notably the Colony of Roanoke, (1493-1776)
  • History of the United States( 1776This article is about the year 1776. For the musical, see 1776 (musical Events January 10 Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense March 17 American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington places artillery overl- 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United)
  • History of the United States (1865-1918)The destructiveness of the Union invasion and defeat of the South, followed by exploitive economic policies in the defeated region after the war, caused lasting bitterness among Southerners toward the U. government. This failure of the federal government
  • History of the United States (1918-1945)Aftermath of World War I A popular Tin Pan Alley song of 1919 asked, concerning the United States troops returning from World War I, "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm After They've Seen Paree?". In fact, many did not remain "down on the farm", as th
  • History of the United States (1945-1964)The breakdown of postwar peace For more than a decade after the end of World War II, few American historians saw any reason to challenge the official U. interpretation of the beginning of the Cold War: that the breakdown of relations was a direct result o
  • History of the United States (1964-1980)Civil rights The assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 changed the political mood of the country. The new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, capitalized on this situation, using a combination of the national mood and his own political savvy to push Kennedy'
  • History of the United States (1980-1988)
  • History of the United States (1988-present)
• History of North America
  • History of Canada
  • History of Mexico
  • History of the Caribbean
• Timeline of United States diplomatic history
• Timeline of Canadian history