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13 American colonies achieve independence from Great Britian
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British capture Charlestown Peninsula in the American Revolution
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America gained independence from British colonies.
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Thomas jefferson bought some 828,000 square miles of land from the French.
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Britan refused to stop seizing American ships that traded with France. The second war of Independence
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an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States
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U.S. declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Maine
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canal made to ease access from atlantic to the pacific
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Serbian nationalist assassinated Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria. Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia
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A secret communication issued from the German Foreign Office that told Mexico to ally with Germany
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Signed in order to prevent war by peacefully settling disputes
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severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s
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Germany invades Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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US naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese
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Aka Tokyo raid, air raid by the US on Japan´s capital, Tokyo, 1st US attack on Japanese homeland
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Naval battle in the Pacidic Theater of WWII
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Allies attacked Germany in Normandy, France. First day landings aka D-Day
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Last major German offensive campaign of the Western Front, 4th most lethal American battle
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US Marine Corps landed and captured this Japanese island which had 3 Japanese controlled airfields.
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major battle of Pacific War with US Marines and Army against Imperial Japanese Army.
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1st atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the Americans
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created to encourage international cooperation and order
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state of tension after WWII.
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Agreement binging the republics of the Western Hemisphere.
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American initiative to aid western europe, in which america gave over money to assist economies
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attempt by Soviet Union to restrict France, Great Britain, and the United states to travel to Berlin.
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military alliance between europe and the us
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began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border
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US allies South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam
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failed military invasion of Cuba by the CIA.
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German Democratic Republic built wall to kept Western “fascists” out.
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Russia has missiles in Cuba, America is worried.
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Nixon and Ford called for this during the Cold War to avoid nuclear risks.
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treaties involving the US and Soviets, Cold War superpowers, on the issues of arm control
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Permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
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International conflict that was created by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
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agreement between canada, us, and mexico to remove tariff barriers between countries
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Islamic extremists hijacked 4 airplanes.
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Bush declared a Worldwide ¨War on Terror¨ involving open military operations, new security legislation, efforts to block the financing of terrorism
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began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein
