Historical Eras

To 1630 - Early America
Most authorities believe that the Western hemisphere was populated at the end of the last ice age when a lowered ocean level exposed a land bridge that Asian peoples traversed to North America. Later... Continue Reading
1630 - 1763 - The Colonial Period
The Colonial Period in U.S. history was a time of settlement, discovery, and hardship. Original Inhabitants - EXCERPT King Philip's War - EXCERPT Bacon's Rebellion - EXCERPT Mayflower Compact - E... Continue Reading

TIME PERIOD	HISTORICAL ERA
1763-1783	Revolutionary America Stamp Act. Boston Massacre. Sons of Liberty. Boston Tea Party. Taxation and Representation. Phillis Wheatley. 1st Continental Congress. Common Sense. American Revolution. 2nd Continnental Congress. Paul Revere`s Ride. War of Independence. Yorktown. Treaty of Paris.
1783-1815	The Young Republic Articles of Confederation. Constitutional Convention. Washington. Hamilton and Federalists. Shays` Rebellion. Jefferson and Republicans. Eli Whitney. Samuel Slater. Whiskey Rebellion. Battle of Fallen Timbers. Alien and Sedition Acts. Revolution of 1800. Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark. Battle of Tippecanoe. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent. Battle of New Orleans.
1815-1860	Expansion, Political Reform, and Turmoil Era of Good Feelings. First Industrial Revolution. Henry Clay`s Missouri Compromise. Monroe Doctrine. Jackson and the Revolution of 1828. Nat Turner Rebellion. Panic of 1837. Emerson. Longfellow. Whitman. Manifest Destiny. The Alamo. Frederick Douglass. California Gold Rush. Compromise of 1850. Dred Scott. Lincoln-Douglas Debates.
1830-1876	Sectional Controversy, War, and Reconstruction Slavery. Underground Railroad. Bleeding Kansas. Lincoln. Civil War. Gettysburg. 13th Amendment. Radical Republicans. Reconstruction. Disputed Election of 1876. Little Big Horn.
1871-1914	Second Industrial Revolution Railroad Era. Thomas Edison. Nikola Tesla. Henry Ford. George Westinghouse. Immigration. Labor Movement. Sherman Antitrust Act. Closing the Frontier. Wounded Knee Massacre. Spanish-American War.
1880-1920	Political Reform II Populist Party. Free Silver. Jim Crow Laws. Harry Houdini. Progressive Party aka the Bull Moose Party. Mark Twain. Theodore Roosevelt. Taft. Wilson. Women's Suffrage.
1914-1933	War, Prosperity, and Depression "Big Stick" Diplomacy. Panama Canal. World War I. Influenza. Versailles. The Negro Leagues. League of Nations. Black Sox Scandal. Harding Scandals. Charles Lindbergh. Stock Market Crash. Babe Ruth. "Satchmo" Armstrong. Amelia Earhart. The Great Depression.
1933-1945	The New Deal and World War II Franklin D. Roosevelt. First One Hundred Days. Albert Einstein. Manhattan Project. J. Edgar Hoover. War in Europe. Adolph Hitler. The Holocaust. Jesse Owens. Pearl Harbor. World War II. War in the Pacific. Rosie the Riveter. Japanese internment. Truman and the Bomb.
1945-1960	Postwar America Marshall Plan. Berlin Airlift. Korean War. McCarthy. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Hollywood Blacklist. Cold War. Eisenhower. Brown v. Board of Education. Rosa Parks. Elvis. Buddy Holly. Space Race.
1960-1980	The Vietnam Era Kennedy. Bay of Pigs. JFK Assassination. Lyndon B. Johnson and Civil Rights. Martin Luther King Jr.. Muhammad Ali. Hank Aaron. Nixon, Kissinger, and Vietnam. Roe v. Wade. Watergate. Oil Embargo. Carter. Iran Hostage Crisis.
1980-2000	End of the Century Reagan and Conservatism. Marines in Lebanon. Iran-Contra Scandal. Fall of Berlin Wall. AIDS epidemic. George H.W.Bush. Persian Gulf War. Clinton and Impeachment. Election Turmoil in 2000.
2001-2016	The New Millenium September 11, 2001. Terrorism. Afghanistan and Iraqi wars. Election of 2004. Bush. Illegal Immigrants. Mortgage Crisis and Recession. Obama. Smartphones and Media Proliferation.
2017-	Pandemic and Cultural Change Election of 2016 and Trump. COVID-19. Black Lives Matter Protests. Biden. Kamala Harris: First Woman Vice President. Commercial Space Flight.