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This was a very difficult winter during the American Revolutionary War. -
the first battle of the American Revolution -
Benedict Arnold betrayed the Continental Army to the British when he made secret overtures to British headquarters -
American forces under General Horatio Gates defeated the British under General John Burgoyne -
inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that would eventually become "The star spangled banner." -
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812. -
The United States achieved its greatest land victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. -
Jackson was elected president -
The Battle of the Alamo was for Texas independence from Mexico, it lasted thirteen days. -
Mexico signed a treaty giving America these masses of land. -
As a result of the election of 1860 Lincoln was elected president. -
South Carolina seceded from the union. -
was the first major battle of the American Civil War -
The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War. -
It was the final engagement of Confederate General in Chief Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia before they surrendered to the Union Army of the Potomac -
Maine sank when her forward gunpowder magazines exploded. -
Filipino American victory Spanish forces surrender the city to the Americans American occupation of the Philippines begins the end of the war -
This song is by Francis Scott Key