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The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists it was important because it marked the start of the American war of independence. -
The winter of 1777-78 was not the coldest nor the worst winter experienced during the war, It's important because it reshaped it into a more unified force capable of defeating the British and winning American independence during the remaining five years of the war. -
he was was an early hero of the Revolutionary War who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history. At the outbreak of the war, Arnold participated in the capture of the British garrison of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. In 1776, he hindered a British invasion of New York from Lake Champlain. -
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. -
The exchange of broadsides felled Guerriere's masts and reduced the ship to a sinking condition, It's important because it provided a much-needed morale boost for the American public. -
The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought on September 13, 1814. It's important because they faced the greatest military in the world, American forces held their ground and saved Baltimore from facing the same fate as Washington D.C. -
The battle thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame it's important because it marked the state's political incorporation into the Union. -
he was dominated in the South and the West, aided in part by the passage of the Tariff of 1828. With the ongoing expansion of the right to vote to most white men, the election marked a dramatic expansion of the electorate, with 9.5% of Americans casting a vote for president, compared with 3.4% in 1824. -
The Alamo was fought between the Republic of Texas and Mexico, it's important because it became an enduring symbol of their resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence -
it's important because he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization -
When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat it's important because Unhappy over restrictions on free trade and about calls for the abolition of slavery -
Federal forces under General Irvin McDowell attempted to flank Confederate positions by crossing Bull Run but were turned back, it's important because the fierce fight there forced both the North and South to face the sobering reality that the war would be long and bloody. -
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. it's important because it dashed the hopes of the Confederate States of America to become an independent nation. -
It marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of the Civil War. -
The Spanish-American War of 1898 ended Spain’s colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. U.S. it's important because The United States emerged as a world power; Cuba gained independence from Spain and the United States gained possession of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. -
the cause of the explosion was the detonation of a mine under the ship. -
President Woodrow Wilson adopted the song as a de facto “national anthem” in 1916 but did not codify this ruling it's important because It gained special significance during the civil war