The Turnings in Anglo-American History

Last Updated: Jul. 19, 2012

  The Turnings
First
(High)
Second
(Awakening)
Third
(Unraveling)
Fourth
(Crisis)
Life Phase:
Elderhood Nomad Hero Artist Prophet
Midlife Hero Artist Prophet Nomad
Young Adulthood Artist Prophet Nomad Hero
Childhood Prophet Nomad Hero Artist
Saeculum:
Late Medieval Retreat from France
(1435–1459)
War of the Roses
(1459–1487)
Tudor Tudor Renaissance
(1487–1517)
Protestant Reformation
(1517–1542)
Intolerance & Martyrdom
(1542–1569)
Armada Crisis
(1569–1594)
New  World Merrie England
(1594–1621)
Puritan Awakening
(1621–1649)
Reaction & Restoration
(1649–1675)
Glorious Revolution
(1675–1704)
Revolutionary Augustan Age of Empire
(1704–1727)
Great Awakening
(1727–1746)
French & Indian Wars
(1746–1773)

American Revolution
(1773–1794)

Civil War Era of Good Feelings
(1794–1822)
Transcendental Awakening
(1822–1844)
Mexican War & Sectionalism
(1844–1860)
Civil War
(1860–1865)
Great Power Reconstruction & Gilded Age
(1865–1886)
Third Great Awakening
(1886–1908)
World War I & Prohibition
(1908–1929)
Great Depression & World War II
(1929–1946)
Millennial American High
(1946–1964)
Consciousness Revolution
(1964–1984)
Long Boom & Culture Wars
(1984–2008)
Global Financial Crisis
(2008–2029?)

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