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It marked the start of the American War of Independence. It is known as the shot heard round the world -
It was the third of eight inter encampments for the Continental Army's main body -
on September 21, 1720, Revolutionary War hero Benedict Arnold turned his back on his country in a secret meeting with a top British official -
Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars -
A battle fought between an American and British ship during the War of 1812 -
A sea/land battle fought on September 12th 1814, in Baltimore Maryland -
The U.S. had a victory against Great Britain in the War of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict -
In the election of 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected president -
A battle fought during the Texas' war for independence from Mexico lasted thirteen days. -
A treaty was signed in 1848 where Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming -
It was the 1860 United States presidential election in which Abraham Lincoln was elected. -
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860 -
A battle was fought in Prince William Country, Virginia, just north of the cit of Manassas and about thirty miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. -
A battle was fought between Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. -
There was no treaty signed to end the Civil War. The surrender at Appomattox Court House was a military surrender of an army that was surrounded. The Confederate government never surrendered and even had it wanted to the united States government would likely not have accepted. -
The U.S. drove to extend influence across the Pacific instigated a Philippine-American War -
Words written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 with Great Britain, and was adopted by Congress as the national anthem in 1931 -
A battleship was built between 1888 and 1895. It was sent to Havana in January 1898 to protect American interests during the revolt of the Cubans against the SOanish government.