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Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary War
The Revolutionary war is the war that freed America from England making them their own country. This is what freed people from the taxes and laws of the British. This was the spark that made this country boom, and become the amazing country it is today. -
The Constitution
The Constitution The Constitution was the document that officially made the United States of America its own country. It also made America its own laws and rules for the people of America. This Document made the people of America all come together and agree to become its own place to stay. -
Louisianna Purchase
The Louisianna Purchase The Louisianna Purchase Gave the Americas much land to the west from the spanish. This helped the Americas expand and grow their population and get a proper economy. President Jefferson sent Robert Livingston to France to buy New Orleans from France, but Napoleon said no -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise made a line in the middle of the US. This line made it so every state to the north was a free state and every state to the south was a slave state. This made problems with nothern and southern feuds. The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to stop the fighting between states for which states would be free or slave states. -
Election of 1860
The Election of 1860
The election of 1860 is when Lincoln was elected, this made the south very angry and started off what was the reasoning of the Civil War. America had been divided through most of the 1850s because of of states' rights and slavery in the certain territories. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
<a href='http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/'The Emancipation Proclomation</a>
The Emancipation Proclamation was Lincoln's attempt to free all the slaves in the south, purposely not mentioning the north to keep states from leaving. Lincoln said that if the slaves in the Southern states were freed, then the Confederacy could no longer use them as workers to support the army in the field, then hindering the effectiveness of the Confederate war effort. -
Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
Lincolns Assassination
While lincoln was watching a play, he was shot in the back of the head by a famous actor named Mr. Booth. When he was assassinated, the south lost it's greatest ally. That day America lost it's greatest President, as well as it's greatest general.
