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in this first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the British -
Valley Forge was the Continental Army's winter encampment under George Washington's command during the American Revolutionary War. -
On September 21, 1780, Revolutionary War hero Benedict Arnold turned his back on his country in a secret meeting with a top British official -
a frontier pastureland Daniel Morgan led his army victory over Banastre Tarleton's -
Her foremast soon collapsed and brought the mainmast down as well. After losing the masts and being badly damaged, the British ship surrendered. Guerriere was too badly damaged to salvage and was burned the following day -
The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought on September 13 1814. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the port city of Baltimore, Maryland. -
The Battle of New Orleans was fought between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under General Andrew Jackson -
Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio -
Jackson decisively won the election, carrying 55.5% of the popular vote and 178 electoral votes to Adams 83 -
This treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states of California, New Mexico, Arizona -
Charleston Mercury on November 3, 1860. South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union -
the Untied states of America elects president Lincon -
the first battle of the 1812 war -
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American 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 which was surrounded -
Filipino-American victory Spanish forces surrender the city to the Americans American occupation of the Philippines begins End of the Spanish–American War in the Philippines, leading to the Treaty of Paris -
USS Maine was sent to Havana in January 1898 to protect American interests during the long-standing revolt of the Cubans against the Spanish government. In the evening of 15 February 1898, Maine sank -
the day that the Star Spangled Banner became our Anthem