Early American Wars Timeline

By nicolette4257

  • The Battles of Lexington and Concord

    the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

  • The Winter at Valley Forge

    Valley Forge was the third of eight winter encampments for the Continental Army

  • Benedict Arnold turns traitor

    hero Benedict Arnold turns his back on his country

  • The Battle of Cowpens

    the battle of cowpen was a great example of military awarness and battle stategy.

  • The Election of Andrew Jackson

    Jackson won all other states and won the election in a landslide

  • The USS Constitution defeats the HMS Guerriere

    USS Constitution met and defeated HMS Guerriere

  • The Battle of Baltimore

    battle fought between British and invaders and American defenders

  • The Battle of New Orleans

    U.S. victory against Great Britain the final major battle of that conflict

  • The Battle of the Alamo

    Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission

  • Mexico loses California, New Mexico, and Arizona

    Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory

  • the Battle of Appomattox Court House

    one of the last battles of the American Civil War.

  • abraham lincoln elected president

    the 16th president over a deeply divided Democratic Party

  • south carolina secedes from the united states

    Abraham Lincolns victory triggered cries for disunion across slaveholding states

  • The First Battle of Bull Run

    The Battle of Bull Run the first major clash in the Civil War ended in a Confederate victory.

  • the battle of gettysburg

    The loss there dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation.

  • the sinking of the uss maine

    spain blew up the ship

  • The Adoption of the Star Spangled Banner as the National Anthem

    during the War of 1812 with Great Britain

  • Battle of the Philippines

    naval battles in World War II between the Japanese and the U.S.