Which Treaty Ended Which War?

1. Which Treaty Ended Which War? • Treaty of Versailles 1919 • WWI • Treaty of Ghent • War of 1812 • Treaty of GaudalupeHildalgo • Mexican American War • Treaty of Paris 1783 • Revolutionary War/War for American Independence • Treaty of Paris 1763 • French and Indian War/Seven Years War • Treaty of Versailles 1946 • WWII

2. King Philip’s War 1675-1676 • Bacon’s Rebellion 1676 • French and Indian War 1763 • Revolutionary War – 1776-1783 • Shay’s Rebellion 1786-1787 • Whiskey Rebellion 1791-1784 • 1812 War – 1812-1815 • Mexican-American War -1848 • Civil War 1860-1864 • Spanish American War and Philippine-American War 1898-1900 • World War I – 1914-1918 • World War II – 1941-1945 • Cold War – 1946-1989 • Korean War – 1950-1953 • Vietnam War 1963-1975

3. Colonial Era • King Philip’s War • Where: New England • Cause: Colonists were taking Indian’s land • What: Metacom led a 2-year war killing 2,000 Puritans • Effect: Indians lost their land; possibly Salem Witch Trials? • Bacon’s Rebellion • Where: Virginia Colony • Cause: Nathanial Bacon and other freed slaves and indentured servants wanted Indian land but felt the House of Burgessess, and gov. William Berkeley, wouldn’t protect them against Indian attacks • What: Burned down Jamestown and attacked Indians • Effect: Leads to more slavery because rich land owners realize freed slave and indentured servants will keep wanting more land • French and Indian War 1763 • Where: Fought in Great Lakes Area, Quebec. and in New Orleans • Cause: GB wanted control over GL area and so did France • What: the British and French fought to control N. america • Effect: Treaty of Paris1763; Great Britain wins control of N. America; raises taxes on colonists to pay for war debts;

4. New Nation • Revolutionary War – 1776-1783 • Where: In Northern colonies mostly • Cause: Colonists wanted representation in Parliament and England refused • What: England sent troops to America to force taxation which led to DOI and war • Effect: Treaty of Paris 1783; New nation created; but in debt • Shay’s Rebellion • Where: Mass. Colony • Cause: mini-depression after war causes farmers to lose their land • What: farmers get angry and attack tax offices in Mass.; federal govt. too weak to put down rebellion • Effect: continental Congress realizes they need to rewrite the Articles of Confederation and make the federal govt stronger • Whiskey Rebellion • Where: Virginia • Cause: Alexander Hamilton’s tax policy to pay Rev. War deby • What: grain farmers attack local govt. offices; G. Washington himself puts down the rebellion • Effect: Shows power of new Constitution and federal govt.

5. Wars of the 1800s • 1812 War • Where: Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes Area, and New Orleans • Cause: Great Britain wanted more control of trade in N. America from Canada to New Orleans; GB wanted the US to only trade with them, not France • What: GB armed Indians in GL area to attack colonists; GB attacked American merchant ships at sea; GB burns Washington D.C. • Effect: Treaty of Ghent; US wins and proves strength as a new nation • Mexican-American War -1848 • Where: In Texas and Mexico • Cause: TX and Mexico were arguing over territory • What: Texas citizens asked for US help in Mexican attacks; US attacked Mexico after TX becomes state • Effect: Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo; US ‘buys’ Mexican Cessions of land; gets land to California • Civil War 1860-1864 • Where: All over US colonies • Cause: North and South arguments over states’ rights versus federal power • What: Southern States secede over issue of slavery • Effect: Slavery ends; South in severe depression • Spanish American War and Philippine-American War 1898-1900 • Where: Cuba and Philippines • Cause: America wants Spain out of the Americas • What: America attacks Spain in Cuba and in the Philippines • Effect: Shows American Imperialism and Expansionism to Europe

6. Wars of the 1900s • World War I – 1914-1918 • Where: Mostly France • Cause: Sinking of the Lusitania by German unrestricted submarine warfare • What: US sends troops to France to fight Germany • Effect: Treaty of Versailles; Germany at fault for war; goes in depression allowing Hitler to come to power • World War II – 1941-1945 • Where: In Pacific, Atlantic, Europe, Africa, Middle East, China • Cause: Hitler wants world domination • What: US enters only after Pearl Harbor; fights Japanese, Italians, then Germans in Europe • Effect: Treaty of Versailles; United Nations established to keep world peace • Cold War – 1946-1989 • Where: All over the world • Cause: Russia tries to spread communism; US tries to contain it • What: America and Russia build up arms and militaries; fight • Effect: NATO and Warsaw Pacts signed; fight proxy wars but not actually each other • Korean War – 1950-1953 • Where: Korea • Cause: Russia and China try to help Korea become communist • What: America fights N. Korea for control of the peninsula • Effect: America wins half of Korea; the other half becomes communist • Vietnam War 1963-1975 • Where: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia • Cause: China tries to turn Vietnam communist • What: France asks for America’s help; we send troops • Effect: America leaves Vietnam after war protests; Vietnam beomes communist