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Christopher Columbus, on this date, accidentally stumbled apon what was later to be the American continents while searching for a faster route by sea to Asia.
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This document was the first government for British colonials in America.
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This war (also containing the French and Indian War) was fought over land possession.
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This document, also called "The Peace of Paris" was signed to end the Seven Years' War. Also made Britain a even more dominant force outside European borders.
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Widely regarded to as the turning point of the Revolutionary war, the Battles (September 19th and October 7th, 1877) of Saratoga were battles in which Americans attacked and seized controll of British defensive positions.
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These were the first battles of the American Revolutionary war.
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This is the war in which America grew tired of Britain's rule and taxation, us to revolt and gain our independance
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This document was the first plan of any type of government in the U.S.
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This document was and is the basis of our national government and law.
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On this day, it was decided the Federalist Papers ( a series of essays about the ratification of the United States Constitution) were to be published.
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The Louisiana Purchase was the event in which the United States paid the French $15,000,000 for most of the mid-western states, doubling their prior size as a nation.
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This war was a military conflict over expansion and trade restrictions.
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This legislative act decided that the western territories were to be slave states
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This legislative action made Texas a part of the United States. This also sparked the turmoil behind the Mexican-American War.
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Created by South Carolina's "Ordinance of Nullification", South Carolina tried to nullify the tarriff of 1828
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This compromise led to the aboloshment of slave trade and admitted California free state.
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This act divided states among a line which seperated slave from non-slave states.
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This war was fought over resources, ideology, and above all else, unity. The south wanted to keep slavery intact and have not only cash crops but industrialization. We all know how this turned out.
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Lincoln issued this Emancipation Proclamation which stated all slaves were to be freed under union territory
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This amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery.
