• Colonial Cycle

  Eras	Era Type	Era Years*	Generations	Gen. Type**	Gen. Years*
  Renaissance	1st turning, High	(1589-1620)	Puritan	Prophet (Idealist)	(1584-1614)
  Puritan Awakening	2nd Turning, Awakening	(1621-1640)	Cavalier	Nomad (Reactive)	(1615-1647)
  Religious Intolerance	3rd Turning, Unraveling	(1641-1674)	Glorious	Hero (Civic)	(1648-1673)
  Glorious Revolution	4th Turning, Crisis	(1675-1692)	Enlightenment	Artist (Adaptive)	(1674-1700)

• Revolutionary Cycle

  Eras	Era Type	Era Years*	Generations	Gen. Type**	Gen. Years*
  Age of Enlightenment	1st Turning, High	(1693-1733)	Awakening	Prophet (Idealist)	(1701-1723)
  Great Awakening	2nd Turning, Awakening	(1734-1743)	Liberty	Nomad (Reactive)	(1724-1741)
  French/Indian War	3rd Turning, Unraveling	(1744-1773)	Republican	Hero (Civic)	(1742-1766)
  American Revolution	4th Turning, Crisis	(1774-1787)	Compromise	Artist (Adaptive)	(1767-1791)

• Civil War Cycle

  Eras	Era Type	Era Years*	Generations	Gen. Type**	Gen. Years*
  Era of Good Feeling	1st Turning, High	(1788-1821)	Transcendental	Prophet (Idealist)	(1792-1821)
  Transcend. Awakening	2nd Turning, Awakening	(1822-1837)	Gilded	Nomad (Reactive)	(1822-1842)
  Pre Civil War	3rd Turning, Unraveling	(1838-1859)	_none_	Hero (Civic)	(1843-1843)
  Civil War	4th Turning, Crisis	(1860-1865)	Progressive	Artist (Adaptive)	(1843-1859)

• World War Cycle

  Eras	Era Type	Era Years*	Generations	Gen. Type**	Gen. Years*
  Gilded Age / Reconstruction	1st Turning, High	(1866-1885)	Missionary	Prophet (Idealist)	(1860-1882)
  Missionary Awakening	2nd Turning, Awakening	(1886-1909)	Lost	Nomad (Reactive)	(1883-1900)
  World War I	3rd Turning, Unraveling	(1910-1929)	G.I.	Hero (Civic)	(1901-1924)
  World War II	4th Turning, Crisis	(1930-1944)	Silent	Artist (Adaptive)	(1925-1942)

• Present Cycle (Global Power?)

  Eras	Era Type	Era Years*	Generations	Gen. Type**	Gen. Years*
  Superpower America	1st Turning, High	(1945-1965)	Boom	Prophet (Idealist)	(1943-1960)
  Boom Awakening	2nd Turning, Awakening	(1966-1980)	Thirteenth***	Nomad (Reactive)	(1961-1981)
  Information Revolution	3rd Turning, Unraveling	(1981-2000?)	Millennial	Hero (Civic)	(1982-2001?)
  (Power Down?)	4th Turning, Crisis	(2001?- 2022?)	Homeland	Artist (Adaptive)	(2002?-2022?)

* The era years are used in the TimePage timelines. The years defining the birth dates of the particular generational cohort are somewhat different than the years defining the actual social timing of the eras. [See the discussion page for Era types and also see "Background on Generational Theory Chart of the Saeculum" by Steve Barrera of Generation Watch for a good summary of the four Era types.]

** The primary generation types are those used in the Strauss and Howe book "The Fourth Turning." The names in parenthesis are the generation types from the original Strauss and Howe book "Generations."

*** Also known as Generation X.

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