List of conflicts in the United States


This is a list of conflicts in the United States. Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary history. This list includes the following: Indian wars, skirmishes, wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars. Also listed might be any battle that was itself only part of an operation of a campaign of a theater of a war. There may also be periods of violent civil unrest listed, such as: riots, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, and civil wars. The list might also contain episodes of: human sacrifice, mass suicide, genocides, and other related items that have occurred within the geographical area of what is today known as, the "United States of America".

Late modern period">Modern history#Late modern period">Late modern period

18th century

20th Century

This covers all conflicts and terrorist attacks in the 1900s that occurred within the modern territory of the United States of America. This also includes attacks upon the United States from Eurasian powers.
. The Dutch Harbor attack was part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
This includes all domestic conflicts and terrorist attacks that took place within the United States. Note that actions of terrorism and domestic conflict are distinguished from one another.