American Colonists fighting against the British to gain freedom and sever ties with them

The British Parliament imposed many corrupt rules that affected the Colonists lives

Boston Massacre 1770

In the end the Colonists won and were freed from the British

Declared Independence and complete separation from Britain

The second war for the fight of independence against Great Britain

British seized American ships to stop trade

Armed American Indians to fight against Americans

These actions pushed James Madison to declare war on Great Britain

Americans won

Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled Banner during the war

Fight between US and Mexico

President James Polk wanted to continue westward expansion and ordered soldiers to occupy land up for debate

The Mexican's retaliated which began the war

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo forced the Mexicans to give up around half of their land

Gave 525,000 sq mi of land (modern day TX,WY, AZ, CO, NV, OK, CA,UT, and NM)

The northern states (the Union) fought with the southern states (the Confederacy) about slavery, support for the federal government, and states' rights

Confederates- Believed in white supremacy, opposing abolition, and upholding states' rights

Union- believed in bringing southern states back to Union, preserve nation under federal government, and to abolish slavery

Union Army won

U.S. appreciated Cuba's desire for independence from Spain due to economic interests

America's battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor

U.S. believed it was Spain who blew up the ship-> Started war

U.S. victory after a year -> Paris Peace Treaty stated how Spanish needed to cut ties from Cuba

The treaty included U.S. ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Started after the "spark" which was when Gavrillo Principe, who was part of the black hand (Serbian group), assassinated the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand

Treaty of Versailles ended the war

Allied powers: Russia, France, Italy, Great Britain, and Serbia

Central powers: Germany, Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria

Started because of Hitlers expansion into Poland and other European countries

Fight between allies and axis powers

Axis Powers: Italy, Japan, Germany

Allied Powers: France, USSR, Great Britain

Japan surrendered after being hit by atomic bombs from the US

North Korea was controlled by communists that wanted to bring communism to South Korea

America stepped in to stop the spread of communism ( during the red scare)

Started by North Korea crossing the 38th parallel (line between the North and South)

No clear victory for either side

Korean Armistice Agreement ended the fighting between the two

Northern Vietnamese (Viet Cong) wanted Communism under Ho Chi Min

Southern Vietnam and the US worked together to fight the north

America stepped in to stop communism once again

Longest war in US history

People in the US protested and opposed the war heavily

The US withdrew in 1973 subsequently allowing the Viet Cong/ North Vietnamese overthrew the capital of south Vietnam and the war officially ended in 1975

Iraq invaded Kuwait after Saddam Hussein accused Kuwait of stealing Iraq's oil

Iraq successfully took over Kuwait after promising to not enact any violence or actions

The US enacted "Operation: Desert Storm" which was a massive air strike on Iraq in hopes of freeing the Kuwaiti people

Hussein withdrew Iraqi troops from Kuwait in February 1991 and agreed to a cease-fire in March 1991

This war followed the 9/11 terrorist attack on the world trade center

The traumatic event scared many Americans of other attacks and the people who enacted it

President Bush declare a "War on Terror" which aimed to prevent other strikes, destroy WOMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) and find the people/group responsible

Saddam Hussein assassinated in 2006

President Obama withdrew troops in 2009

All US troops leave Iraq

Soviets had control over Afghanistan for almost 20 years prior

Al Quaeda attacked WTC

Bush invades Afghanistan soon after

US vs Afghanistan

Taliban (extremist Islamic terrorist group) overthrew the government and terrorized the middle east

President Joe Biden withdrew troops in 2021