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| 1 | 1706 | - 17 Jan 1706—17 Apr 1790: Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father
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| 2 | 1732 | - 22 Feb 1732—14 Dec 1799: George Washington
Founding Father
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| 3 | 1775 | - 1775—1783: Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the American War of Independence, or Simply the Revolutionary War in the United States,
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| 4 | 1812 | - 18 Jun 1812—17 Feb 1815: War of 1812
The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its ...
Origins
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| 5 | 1861 | - 12 Apr 1861—9 Apr 1865: Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South")
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| 6 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
World War I, often abbreviated as WWI, was a global conflict fought between two coalitions, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia
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| 7 | 1929 | - 1929—1939: The Great Depression
Timeline of the Great Depression
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| 8 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939—2 Sep 1945: World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
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1939 - 2008 (68 years)