Most Boring Part of U.S. History

[vanguard96]

I believe all phases of U.S. history have their exciting and interesting parts as well as their boring and not so interesting parts.

Good answer. What is a 'boring' period that has come to life for you through looking at it through other lenses than say wars and big landmark decisions/government acts?

For me it has been economic history & philosophical history that has opened my eyes to much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

[HisGrace]

Either the "Era of Good Feelings" or the 20th Century pre-depression (despite our cameo at the end of WWI)

[Kingpoleon]

I don't care for the powdered wig and buckled shoes era of US history in general, but the Jefferson and Madison administrations, bracketed by the Louisiana Purchase and the 1812 War, stand out as a period of stupefying dullness.

"You know the era that saw great debates and great men alike rise and fall? Where we doubled the size of our country, and engaged in our first non-independence-seeking war? It was really boring."

That said I think the most "boring" would have to be 1885-1910.

[publicunofficial]

Hot take: The Revolutionary War is incredibly boring to read about.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Hot take: The Revolutionary War is incredibly boring to read about.

I don't view any part of history as particularly boring, but lacking a grasp of military science, I've never been very fond of hearing over and over how battles played out--this includes the Revolutionary, Civil, and Second World Wars. (Though I confess to having once enjoyed a description of Grant's campaign in the West, as well as hearing of the particularly unfortunate circumstances of Antietam)