American history

Significant periods of American History

By FreakSquad
  • Prehistory

    Prehistory

    Paleo-Indians, mound builders and puebols, native Hawaiians, Norse exploration
  • European colonization

    European colonization

    First settlements, spanish contact, dutch mid-Atlantic, Swedish settlement, French and Spanish conflict, British colonies, First settlement in Jamestown, New England, Middle colonies, Southern colonies, Servitude and slavery
  • Revolution and independence

    Revolution and independence

    George Washington, Loyalists and Britain, Declaration of Independence
  • Early years of the republic

    Early years of the republic

    Confederation and constitution, President George Washington, Increasing demand for slave labor, Louisiana and Jeffersonian republicanism, War of 1812, Second Great Awakening, Era of Good Feelings
  • Westward expansion

    Westward expansion

    Indian removal, Second party system, Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny
  • Sectional conflict and Civil War

    Sectional conflict and Civil War

    Divisions between North and South, Compromise of 1850 and popular sovereignty, Plantation economy, President Abraham Lincoln and secession, Civil War, Emancipation, Reconstruction
  • Growth and industrialization

    Growth and industrialization

    Frontier and the railroad, Gilded Age, Unions and strikes, Imperialism
  • Discontent and reform

    Discontent and reform

    Progressive era, Women's suffrage
  • War, prosperity, and depression

    War, prosperity, and depression

    World War I, Roaring twenties, Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II
  • Cold War, counterculture, and civil rights

    Cold War, counterculture, and civil rights

    Cold War, Great Society, Civil rights movement, Women's liberation, Counterculture and Cold War détente, Rise of conservatism and the end of the Cold War