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The Battles of Lexington and Concord on , were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British America's Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War. -
a period of extreme hardship for George Washington's Continental Army due to severe shortages of food, clothing, and blankets, leading to widespread disease, starvation, and death -
when he plotted to surrender the key military fortress at West Point to the British in September 1780 -
The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. -
a pivotal engagement of the War of 1812 on January 8, 1815, where American forces under General Andrew Jackson achieved a decisive victory against the British, resulting in devastating British casualties and bolstering American national morale and identity. -
On August 19, 1812, during the War of 1812, the American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere, a battle that earned the Constitution the nickname "Old Ironsides" due to its hull's resilience against enemy cannonballs. -
The Battle of Baltimore took place between British and American forces on September 12–14, 1814, during the War of 1812. Defending American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, by British forces. -
In 1828 John Adam’s officially became the 7th President of the U.S -
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar. -
through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848 -
through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848
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Abraham Lincoln was first elected President of the United States on November 6, 1860, defeating three other candidates and becoming the first Republican president. His election, which was decided by a strong Electoral College victory despite a narrower popular vote percentage, was a catalyst for seven Southern states to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the American Civil War -
South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to do so after Abraham Lincoln's election, and its secession sparked the American Civil War -
The First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the American Civil War, was fought on July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia. A Confederate victory, the battle revealed the war would not be a short conflict and led to increased efforts in training troops, with Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earning his famous nickname for his stand on Henry House Hill -
The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War, which was fought between the Union and Confederate armies between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -
The "treaty" at Appomattox Court House was not a formal peace treaty, but a set of military terms for the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to the Union Army on April 9, 1865, which ended a major part of the Civil War. -
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, due to an internal explosion in the forward gunpowder magazines, which killed nearly three-quarters of her crew. -
President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution into law. U.S. Capitol - Visitor Center (.gov) The song, written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 after the bombardment of Fort McHenry, had grown in popularity and served as a de facto anthem for some time before its official adoption