1622-1644 Jamestown

MILITARY TIME LINE

Placing your ancestor into this military time line might lead you to a new record group:

1622-1644 Jamestown Indian Assaults, Virginia 1636-1638 Pequot War, New England Puritans and Pequot Indians 1675-1676 King Philip's War, New England and King Philip, a Wampanoag chief 1676 Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia, Nathaniel Bacon vs English authority 1689-1697 King William's War, French attack on New York and New England 1702-1713 Queen Anne's War, French & Indian raids on New England with battles also in Florida, South Carolina and Canada 1715-1716 Yamasee War, Indians vs South Carolinians and Georgia 1739-1742 War of Jenkins' Ear, war with England and Spain effecting Georgia and Florida 1740-1748 King George's War, War of Austrian Succession in Europe, fighting took place in New England, New York and Canada 1754-1763 French & Indian War, or Seven Years' War in Europe, involved the northern Colonies and Canada 1760-1761 Cherokee Uprising, Carolinas and Cherokee Indians 1763 Pontiac's Rebellion, Chief Pontiac's drive to force British out of the West involving Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania 1771 War of the Regulators, North Carolina frontiersmen angry over inequitable taxation 1774 Lord Dunmore's War, Governor Dunmore commanded force to defeat the Shawnee, involving Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, down the Ohio River 1775-1783 Revolutionary War, all Colonies involved 1786-1787 Shays' Rebellion, Massachusetts, Daniel Shays leading a resistance against severe taxation 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, Pennsylvania 1798-1800 Quasi-War with France affecting the Atlantic Coast and West Indies 1801-1805 Barbary Wars, affecting North Africa 1801-1805 1812-1815 War of 1812, affecting the states of Maryland, New Orleans and those surrounding the Great Lakes, but other states contributed volunteers to protect the Mississippi River and port cities against the British 1811-1858 Indian Wars (see breakdown below) 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, Indiana, Chief Tecumseh vs Wm Henry Harrison 1817-1819 First Seminole War, Florida, with Spanish support Seminole Indians raided Florida- Georgia border 1831-1832 Black Hawk War, Illinois & Wisconsin vs Saux and Fox Indians which grew to include the Winnebago, Sioux and Chippewa 1835-1842 Second Seminole War, Chief Osceola vs Florida 1836 War of Texas Independence 1839 Aroostook War, Maine disputes between Canadian lumbermen and American Settlers

Copyright © 2002, Genealogy Research Associates Additional free lessons and resources available at www.GRAonline.com! 1841 Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Island 1846-1848 Mexican War, involved Mexico, Texas, New Mexico and California 1846-1868 Navajo Wars, New Mexico and Arizona 1848-1858 Third Seminole War, Florida 1855-1858 Yakima Wars, Washington, Oregon and Idaho included the Klickitect and other tribes 1857-1858 Utah War, Utah vs Col. Johnston 1861-1865 Civil War 1865-1900 Indian Wars (see below) 1866-1890 Sioux & Cheyenne Wars of the Dakotas and Montana 1870-1886 Apache Wars of Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico 1872-1873 Modoc War, California 1877 Nez Perce Wars, Idaho and Montana 1898 Spanish-American War, Cuba & the Philippine Islands 1899-1902 Philippine Insurrection, Philippine Islands 1900 Boxer Rebellion, Peking, China 1914 Tampico & Vera Cruz, Mexico (no war but hostilities arose) 1916-1917 Mexican Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa affecting New Mexico 1917-1918 World War I, France, Great Britain and their Allies including U.S. against Germany 1939-1945 World War II, Japan, Germany and Italy vs Great Britain, France, U.S. and their Allies including the Soviet Union. 1950-1953 Korean War 1954-1975 Vietnam Conflict

Copyright © 2002, Genealogy Research Associates Additional free lessons and resources available at www.GRAonline.com! Federal Acts: (Each of these acts affect your ancestor’s actions as he attempted to apply for Bounty land) Act of 16 Sep 1776 Acts of 1780 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Act of 1 Jun 1796 Acts of 1803 Acts of 1806 Acts during the War of 1812 Act of 30 May 1830 Act of 2 Mar 1833 Acts of 1835, 1842, 1854 Acts during the Mexican War (1847) Act of 1850 Act of 31 Aug 1852 Act of 1855 Act of 1858 (No bounty lands were given after 1858, none could be filed after 1863.)