American Involvement in Wars from Colonial Times to the Present

(1.) DATES (2.) WAR in Which American Colonists or
United States Citizens Officially Participated
(3.) MAJOR COMBATANTS


July4, 1675- August 12, 1676 King Philip's War New England Colonies vs.
Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians

1689-1697 King William's War The English Colonies vs. France

1702-1713 Queen Anne's War The English Colonies vs. France

1744-1748 King George's War The French Colonies vs. Great Britain

1756-1763 French and Indian War The French Colonies vs. Great Britain
(Seven Years War)

1759-1761 Cherokee War English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indians

1775-1783 American Revolution English Colonists vs. Great Britain

1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War United States vs. France

1801-1805; Barbary Wars United States vs. Morocco, Algiers,
1815 Tunis, and Tripoli

1812-1815 War of 1812 United States vs. Great Britain

1813-1814 Creek War United States vs. Creek Indians

1836 War of Texas Independence Texas vs. Mexico

1846-1848 Mexican War United States vs. Mexico

1861-1865 Civil War Union vs. Confederacy

1898 Spanish-American War United States vs. Spain

1914-1918 World War I Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and
Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente:
Britain, France, and Russia. The
United States joined on the side of
the Triple Entente in 1917.

1939-1945 World War II Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
vs. Major Allied Powers: United
States, Great Britain, France and
Russia

1950-1953 Korean War United States (as part of the United
Nations) and South Korea vs.
North Korea and Communist China

1960-1975 Vietnam War United States and South Vietnam
vs. North Vietnam

1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion United States vs. Cuba

1983 Grenada United States Intervention

1989 US Invasion of Panama United States vs. Panama

1990-1991 Persian Gulf War United States and Coalition Forces
vs. Iraq

1995-1996 Intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina United States as part of NATO acted peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia

2001 Invasion of Afghanistan United States and Coalition Forces vs.
the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to fight terrorism.

2003 Invasion of Iraq United States and Coalition Forces vs. Iraq


Source: The New York Public Library DeskReference, 3rd Edition