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Jamestown was discovered on May 14th, 1607 by Christopher Columbus on the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery with 104 men. Jamestown was named after King James I, and the settlement was founded by the Virginia Company of London and was the first successful settlement in the New World -
On May 28, 1754, The battle over the territory of the Ohio River Valley began when George Washington defeats French Troops in a surprise attack, ultimately causing the French to lose the battle. -
On April 19, 1775, the Battle of Lexington and Concord broke out. This battle kicked of the American Revolutionary War and was a battle between the British and American settlers and was won by American Settlers. There was a total of 122 deaths and 213 wounded and 26 missing. Even though some men were lost, colonist proved the point that this behavior would not be tolerated in America. -
From July 4, 1776 to August 2, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was created and was signed August 2, 1776. The Declaration of Indepence was a document created for America to gain independence from Britain. A total of 56 delegates that signed the Declaration of Independence. -
On October 19, 1781, General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender British position at Yorktown, Virginia, ending the final battle of the Revolutionary War. -
On September 3, 1783, The Treaty of Paris was signed ending the French and Indian War/Seven Year's War between Great Britain and France -
On May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention took place. This convention took place to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. A total of 55 delegates attended this convention including George Washington, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin. This convention is where the United States Constitution was created. -
The Election of 1800 , also called the Revolution of 1800, was ran from October 31, 1800 to December 3, 1800 and was a battle between the Democratic-Republican party, ran by Thomas Jefferson, and the Federalists party ran by John Adams. This Election was won by the Democratic-Republican Party on February 17, 1800 and was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership. -
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of land in the states of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma equalling a total of 828,000 square miles. This land was Purchased April 30, 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was in office, from France. This purchase totaled $15 million, $309 million in todays money, and approximately 4 cents per acre. -
On March 2, 1820, Missouri admitted as a slave state, and Maine admitted as a free state in order for federal legislation to stop Northern attempts to abolish slavery's expanssion. -
On December 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson issued a Proclamation to the People of South Carolina, also known as the Nullification Crisis, that disputed state's rights to nullify a federal law. Calhoun, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832, argued that the U.S. Constitution gave state's the right to block the enforcement of a federal law, causing Andrew Jackson to issue the Nullification Crisis. Eventually South Carolina accepted The Compromise Tariff of 1833. -
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, Confederate Troops fired on Union Forces in Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor, starting the Civil War. This battle lasted 34 hours and ended when the Union surrendered, causing Confederate Troops to win this battle. There were no casualties in this battle. -
On July 4, 1863, the turning point of the Civil War began. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War because up to this battle, the Confederates were dominating the Civil War. But at the Battle of Gettysburg, Union Troops defeat the Confederate Troops. Due to this, Union Troops continued to fight in the Civil War. -
On April 9, 1865, The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, leading to the Unions victory of the Civil War. -
On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth. The President was shot in the head, and Booth was able to escape.12 days later, Union Soldiers tracked down John Wilkes Booth to a Virginia farm, shooting and killing him. Because of Lincolns assassination, Vice President Andrew Johnson took office.