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Battle of Lexington & Concord
This battle was the first shot of the American Revolutionary War. It was called the " shot heard around the world". The war was between the colonist and the British army. -
Battle of Saragota
It included two crucial battles, fought eighteen days apart, and was a decisive victory for the Continental Army and a crucial turning point in the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence. -
Northwest Ordiance
The Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
Louisiana Purchase
Was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Missouri Compromise
Was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
Monroe Doctrine
The United States would not interfere with current European colonies in the Western Hemisphere. -
Nulification Crisis
Was a United States sectional political crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. -
Texas annexation
This was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state -
Mexican Cession
This was when Mexico surrendered land to the U.S at the end of the Mexican War. President James K. Polk saw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States. -
Oregon Treaty
This treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the two countries. The U.S was willing to fight for westward expansion. -
Compromise of 1850
This compromise had 5 laws passed through in September that were dealing with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. The fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington was abolished. -
Kansas Nebraska act
This allowed people in the areas of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they want to allow slavery within the area. This act repealed against the Missouri Compromise. -
Bleeding Kansas
This was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas, which went from a political debate over the legalness of slavery. -
John Brown raid at harpers ferry
This raid was lead by John Brown. This was to initiate a slave revolt in the southern states by taking over the US arsenal at harpers ferry. -
Battle of fort sumter
This is the battle that started the American Civil War. Fort Sumter was bombed, and they tried to fight back but in the end, they surrendered. -
Battle of Bull run
This battle occurred in Manassas, Virginia. The Union troops were doing great in the beginning but began to fail near the end, aiding the confederacy to the win. -
Battle of antietam
This battle took place in Antietam Creek, Maryland. This was considered the single bloodiest day of the war. There was a crazy amount of soldiers that were wounded or dead. This was the First Southern invasion into the North. After this Lincoln put out the emancipation proclamation. -
Emancipation Proclomation
This proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1683. It stated that "all persons held as slaves" withing rebellion states " are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Vicksburg
This was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
This battle took place in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and was fought on July 1, 1863. This battle had the most number of casualties in the entire war and is often described as the wars turning point. -
Gettysburg Address
This speech was created by Abraham Lincoln & was announced during the American Civil war for the deceased soldier's cemetery. -
Congressional Reconstruction
This occurred after the Civil War and the federal government wanted to enforce equalism on the old confederate states. -
Shermans March to Sea
General Sherman led soldiers from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. They wanted to scare the civilians of Georgia into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
13th Admendment passed
This gave new rights to the free women and men. -
Presidential Reconstruction
After President Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson created a plan with his people for reconstruction. -
14th Admendment passed
Everybody that is born in the United States is considered citizens of the U.S. There should be no law that takes away any of their privileges. -
15th Admendment passed
The right for citizens of the U.S to vote shall not be denied by the U.S or any state on account of race or color. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The U.S Supreme Court made a decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the " separate but equal" doctrine.