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| 1776-1783 |
| Benjamin Franklin and the first U.S. diplomats win support for the revolution and negotiate a peace with Great Britain. |
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| 1801-1829 |
| Thomas Jefferson, the first Secretary of State and later President, arranges the Louisiana Purchase and leads the new nation through troubled times. |
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| 1861-1865 |
United States suffers through the Civil War, and the Department of State prevents the Confederacy from obtaining European recognition. Lincoln and Seward establish the Foreign Relations of the United States series.
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| 1914-1920 |
United States enters World War I, and President Wilson promotes the "...principles of peace and justice in the life of the world."
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| 1937-1945 |
United States enters another World War, plays a key role in planning for a post-war world, and helps create the United Nations.
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| 1969-1989 |
U.S. diplomacy embarks on détente with the Soviet Union and China, encourages peace in the Middle East, and helps to deter communism in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
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| Slide through the years and select an interesting moment in U.S. diplomatic history. Discover how U.S. relationships with countries around the world developed over time. |
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| 1784-1800 |
| United States becomes a new nation and establishes the U.S. Department of State to deal with other countries. |
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| 1830-1860 |
| The Department of State supports westward expansion through diplomacy and helps open new markets to U.S. trade. |
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| 1866-1913 |
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines become part of the United States; new Pan American relationships are created; and the telegraph accelerates diplomatic communication.
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| 1921-1936 |
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| 1946-1968 |
| U.S. Government meets the challenges of the Soviet bloc and contains communism. The Kennedy administration creates the Peace Corps and reinvigorates foreign aid. |
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