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Battle of Lexington and Concord
First military actions to start off the American Revolutionary War. These multiple battles were fought Middlesex County, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, and Cambridge. This is what is also known for "The shot heard 'round the world." -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle gave a decisive victory for the American Revolutionary War. This is also the turning point of the war. A good fact is that 5,895 troops surrendered their weapons on the ending date of the battle. -
Battle of Yorktown
This is, thankfully, the last battle of the American Revolutionary War. This battle was fought near the seacoast of Virginia. British General Lord Cornwallis giggles a little surrenders his army to General George Washington. -
Northwest Ordinance
This was a charted government for the Northwest Territory. It was also the way they added new states into the Union. There was a listed Bill of Rights that came guaranteed with the territory. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
These specific acts were passed by the Federalists Congress and signed by President Adams. These powers deported foreigners and made it way harder for immigrants to vote. These were four bills known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
This is an act deleting the Alien and Sedition Acts. Why? The Alien and Sedition Acts are unconstitutional. These political statements by Kentucky and Virginia legislatures removed the Acts for good. -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
James Madison wrote these political statements to remove the Alien and Sedition Acts. Why? These acts were unconstitutional, along with unauthoritative, void, and of no force. -
Louisiana Purchase
This was a land deal between the United States and France. It is approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of Mississippi river. Costing at $15 million dollars. -
Marbury v. Madison
This US Supreme Court case established judicial review. Through ruling on John Marshall, he sets the precedent for the Supreme Court. They were to review the Constitution and determine whether or not a law is constitutional. -
MIssouri Compromise
This was an effort by Congress to try and defuse political and sectional rivalries. It is made to maintain the balance between North and South and the US. At the time, the United States had 21 states and divided evenly between free and slave states. -
Monroe Doctorine
President James Monroe passed this to warn European countries not to recolonize Latin America. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson all used the Monroe Doctorine after it was fixiated for future presidents involvement in Latin American affairs. -
Nullification Crisis
During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. This is a former's attempt to declare null and void within the state and federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. They wanted to label them unconstitutional. -
Texas Annexation
Annexation of the Republic of Texas was admitted into the Union as the 28th state. The Republic of Texas then declared independence from the Republic of Mexico. James K. Polk accomplished this event. -
Oregon Treaty
This was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August of 1848 to February of 1859. It was "collected" after the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Oregon. This was aquired to settle boundary disputes. -
Mexican Cession
Modern-day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the US by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This all happened after the Mexican-American War. About half of the area belonged to the Mexican Republic. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln passed this as the Nation approached the third bloody year of the civil war. The proclamations main goal was to encourage rebellious states to rejoin the Union. This leads the way to total abolition of slavery.