Elizabeth

By lizgardenour

  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the Revolutionary War. It marked the beginning of the conflict between Britain and the 13 colonies. This was an American victory.

  • Battle of Saratoga

    There were 2 Battles of Saratoga. One on September 19, 1777 and one on October 17, 1777. This was an American Victory.

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    On July 14, 1778, the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by President John Adams in attempt to restrict the activities of foreign people who had immigrated in the country and also limited freedom of speech.

  • Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown was one of the most important battles of the Revolutionary War. This was another American win.

  • Northwest Ordinance

    The Northwest Ordinance was adopted July 13, 1787 by our Second Continental Congress and it provided a method for admitting new states into the Union from that territory.

  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

    On December 24, 1798, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions were passed by Congress as a protest against the Alien and Sedition acts.

  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The United States had purchased the Louisiana Territory from France after they had signed the Treaty of Paris (1783)

  • Marbury V. Madison

    The event of Marbury V Madison established the principle of Judicial Review in 1803.

  • Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise declared Missouri as a Slave State in agreement that slavery is forever banned in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy established by President James Monroe. It established that if any external powers tries to interfere with the Americas, it would be seen as a hostile act.

  • Nullification Crisis

    The Nullification Crisis was a confrontation between the federal government and South Carolina that proposed the theory of Nullification.

  • Texas Annexation

    Texas had been annexed by the United States. After Texas had become annexed, Mexico declared war.

  • Oregon Treaty

    The Oregon Treaty was an agreement that set the boundary between the United States and Canada

  • Mexican Cession

    After Texas joined the states, a fight broke out between the United States and Mexico and it had went on for two years and then the two countries signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

  • Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to compromise and prevent a crisis between the north and the south. As a part if the Compromise, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed and abolished slave trade in Washington, DC.

  • Bleeding Kansas

    Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent civil meetings over the legality of slavery in Kansas.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska act allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decided whether or not they want slavery in their borders. This act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise.

  • Battle of Bull Run

    The Battle of Bull Run was the first major battle of the civil war. This was a southern win.

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the marking of the beginning of the American Civil War. This was a confederate victory.

  • Battle of Antietam

    The Battle of Antietam was the single bloodiest day in all of American history. The Battle of Antietam was a Union victory.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation stated that "all persons held as slaves are, and henceforth shall be free"

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg was the costliest land battle in the American Civil War. This was a Union victory.

  • Battle of Vicksburg

    The Battle of Vicksburg was the last major military action of the Civil War.

  • Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address was a speech delivered by President Abraham Lincoln at dedication of the Union's fallen soldiers to make clear that their death was for a good cause.

  • 13th Amendment Passed

    The 13th Amendment was passed in order to abolish slavery.

  • 14th Amendment Passed

    The 14th Amendment was passed to grant all citizens of the United States the right to equal protection of the laws. This included former slaves.

  • 15th Amendment Passed

    The 15th Amendment states that all men have the right to vote regardless of their race or color.

  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson is a case that held up the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.