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The French and Indian war started since both sides wanted the Ohio River Valley so they could expand their territory.
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The Treaty of Paris was a treaty made to end the 7 year war between the French and Indian.
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Stamp Act is enacted by English Parliament. The stamp act caused American Colonists to have to pay an extra tax for every legal document, license, newspaper, etc.
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A meeting was held in place to fix the AOC but instead it was replaced with the Constitution.
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George Washington, the first president, got elected in 1788. He had a 8 year term.
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Thomas Jefferson doubled the United States by spending 15 million dollars on the Louisiana Purchase.
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The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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James Monroe was inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States.
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The war was ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848 with America winning Texas and California.
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The south gained a strengthened fugitive law and the north gained California, a new free state.
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The war that was fought between the Northern Union and the Southern Confederation.
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The Transcontinental Railroad was built in 1863 to join the eastern and western halves of the United States.
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The Civil War ended in 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse. The Union won an abolishment of slavery.
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Alexander Graham Bell created the cell phone.
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The Compromise of 1877 was an informal, unwritten deal, that settled the 1876 U.S. presidential election.
