It is useful in your research to know when there were wars or military campaigns, as you may find a new place to search for information that you had not previously considered.

• 1689-1697 King William’s War-  French and Indian attacks on New England colonies bordering Canada.
• 1702-1713 Queen Anne’s War- A dispute between England, France and Spain against English forces in North America.
• 1744-1748 King George’s War- Fighting broke out between the French and British colonists as part of a European conflict called the War of the Austrian Succession.
• 1754-1763-   French and Indian War- Ended French and British disputes over North America territory.
• 1775-1786-   Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 to April11,1783.
• 1782-1787-   Pennamite-Yankee war- Fought between the colonists of Connecticut and Pennsylvania for possession of the Wyoming Valley.  This period also included man Indian disturbances.
• 1790-1795-   Warfare with Northwest Indians, Miamis, Wyandots, Delawares, Pottawattamies, Shawnees, Ottawas and Chippewas.
• 1791-1794-   Whiskey Rebellion, Pennsylvania.  A whiskey tax imposed on the farmers of western Pennsylvania who made rye whiskey was the spark that fired the rebellion.
• 1798-1800-   War with France, July 1798 to September 30,1800.
• 1799-1808 Fries Insurrection in Pennsylvania 1799; Aaron Burr Conspiracy, 1806; Sabine Expedition, Louisiana, 1806;  Navies in Chesapeake Bay, 1807;  Embargo at Lake Champlain, NY, 1808.
• 1811-1813 War with Northwest Indians, November 1811 to October,1813.
• 1812-1813- Florida or Seminole War, August 15, 1812, to October 1812.  Peoria Indian War in Illinois Septem ber 19 to October 21, 1813
• 1813-1814-      Creek Indian War in Alabama, July 27, 1713 to August 9, 1814.
• 1817-1818 Seminole or Florida War, November 20, 1817 to October 31, 1818.
• 1819-1827-    Yellowstone Expedition, July 4, 1819 to September 1819, Blackfeet, Arickaree Indian Campaign, Upper Missouri River, 1823, Winnebage Expedition, Wisconsin, September 6 1827.
• 1831-1832-    Sac, Fox Indian clashes, Illinois; Black Hawk War, April 26, 1831 to September 21, 1832.
• 1833-1839-    Cherokee removal.
• 1834-1836-    Pawnee Expedition, Indian Territory, june 9, 1834; Toledo War, Ohio and Michigan boundary dispute, 1835-1836.
• 1836-1834 –    Creek Indian disturbances in Alabama, May 5, 1836 to September 30, 1837.
• 1837-1838-    Osage Indian troubles, Missouri; Heatherly Indian troubles in Missouri and Iowa; Mormon problems in Missouri.
• 1846-1847-    Doniphan’s Expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Chihuahua, Mexico.
• 1846-1848-    Mexican War, April 24, 1846 to May 30 1848; New Mexico Expedition, June 30, 1846- February 13, 1848; Cayuse war, Oregon Volunteers, 1848.
• 1849-1861-    Navajo troubles, New Mexico; continuous disturbances with Comanche, Cheyenne, Lipan and Kickapoo Indians in Texas.
• 1850-1853-    Pitt River Expedition, April 28, 1850 to September 13, 1850; Utah Indian disturbance, 1851-1853; Yuma Expedition, California, December 1851 to April 1852.
• 1851-1856-    Indian Wars in Oregon and Washington, 1851-1856, Snake Indians, Oregon, May 24 1855 to September 8, 1855, Sioux Indian Expedition ,  Nebraska Territory, April 1855 to July 27, 1856; Cheyenne and Arapaho troubles, 1855-1856.
• 1855-1858- Seminole or Florida War, December 20 1855 to May 1858. Kansas border problems, 1856-1858.
• 1857-1895 Western states Indian uprisings, disputes, expeditions and campaigns.
• 1859-                John Brown’s Raid, Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, November and December 1859.
• 1861-1866-   Civil  War between the States, April 19, 1861 to May 1865.
• 1898-1899-    Spanish American War, April 21, 1898 to April 11 1899. (Actual combat did not cease until August 13, 1899).
• 1899-1902-    Philippine Insurrection, Philippine islands, February 4, 1899 to July 4, 1902.
• 1900-1901-    Boxer Rebellion in China, May 1900- to May 1901.
• 1914-1918-     World War I
• 1939-1945-     World  War II
• 1950-1953-    Korean War
• 1965-1973-    Viet Nam Conflict (Began in 1957, US involvement 1965).