Chapter 9 At War (1776-1991)
1756-63: British defeat the French and their Indian allies in
the French and Indian War.
1775: Daniel Boone blazes the Wilderness Trail and establishes
Boonesborough. American Revolution begins at Lexington and
Concord.
1777: Winter of the “Three Sevens”; Kentucky endures strong
Indian attack.
1778: George Rogers Clark captures the Northwest Territory.
1782: Kentuckians defeated at the Battle of Blue Licks,
Kentucky’s claim to the last battle of the American Revolution.
1783: Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution.
1811: Tecumseh’s Indian confederacy defeated by William Henry
Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
1814: Washington, DC sacked and burned by the British. Treaty of
Ghent signed in Belgium ending War of 1812.
1815: Andrew Jackson defeats the British in the Battle of New
Orleans.
1835-36: Texas successfully gains its independence from Mexico.
1846-48: United States defeats Mexico in the Mexican War.
1860: Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election out of a
field of four. South Carolina secedes from the Union.
1861: Fort Sumter is fired upon by Southern troops. Eleven
states withdraw from Union to form the Confederate States of
America. Kentucky and Missouri are stars on both Union and
Confederate flags.
1862: Battle of Perryville is fought. South withdraws from
Kentucky leaving it in Union control for rest of war.
1865: Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil
War.
1898: Sinking of the battleship Maine. U.S. declares war against
Spain.
1914: World War I begins with the assassination of Archduke
Ferdinand.
1917: American declares war on the Central Powers.
1918: Armistice is signed ending WWI.
1919: Treaty of Versailles signed leaving Germany with a huge
war debt.
1939: WWII begins in Europe with the German invasion of Poland.
1941: Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into the
war.
1945: Axis forces defeated, ending WWII.
1950: North Korean troops invade South Korea, starting the
Korean War.
1953: Truce signed in Panmunjon ending the Korean War.
1964: Tonkin Gulf Resolution used as a legal basis for increased
participation in the Vietnam War.
1968: Tet Offensive mounted in Vietnam, and widespread
opposition to the war begins in America. The 2nd Battalion 138th
Field Artillery Kentucky National Guard is called to Vietnam.
1973: The last American ground troops leave Vietnam.
1991: American troops involvement in the Persian Gulf War.
Chapter 9 At War (1776-1991)
_________: British defeat the French and their Indian allies in
the French and Indian War.
_________: Daniel Boone blazes the Wilderness Trail and
establishes Boonesborough. American Revolution begins at
Lexington and Concord.
1777: Winter of the “________ _________”; Kentucky endures
strong Indian attack.
1778:
______: Kentuckians defeated at the Battle of Blue Licks,
Kentucky’s claim to the _____ battle of the American Revolution.
1783:
1811: ____________ Indian confederacy defeated by William Henry
Harrison at the Battle of ______________.
1814: Washington, DC sacked and burned by the British. Treaty of
_______ signed in Belgium ending War of ________.
________: Andrew Jackson defeats the British in the Battle of
New Orleans.
_______-____: Texas successfully gains its independence from
Mexico.
1846-48:
1860: Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election out of a
field of four. South Carolina __________ from the Union.
1861: _______ _________ is fired upon by Southern troops. Eleven
states withdraw from Union to form the Confederate States of
America. Kentucky and Missouri are stars on both Union and
Confederate _________.
1862: Battle of ______________ is fought. South withdraws from
Kentucky leaving it in _________ control for rest of war.
________: ______ surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the
Civil War.
1898: Sinking of the battleship ________. U.S. declares war
against ________.
_______: World War I begins with the assassination of Archduke
______________.
1917:
1918:
1919: Treaty of ______________ signed leaving Germany with a
huge war _________.
_____: WWII begins in Europe with the German invasion of Poland.
1941: _______ bomb Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into the war.
1945:
________: North Korean troops invade South Korea, starting the
Korean War.
1953: Truce signed in ____________ ending the Korean War.
1964: __________ _______ Resolution used as a legal basis for
increased participation in the Vietnam War.
1968: _____ ___________ mounted in Vietnam, and widespread
opposition to the war begins in America. The 2nd Battalion 138th
Field Artillery Kentucky National Guard is called to Vietnam.
1973:
1991: