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This battle was a risky attempt by George Washington to end the American Revolution war quickly.
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This is when Chrsitopher Columbus completed his journey to the "New World" by traveling through the Atlantic Ocean -
English settlers arrived in what is called now Jamestown, Virgina which was in authority of King James l -
This war between Great Britain and France lasted 7 years and can also be famously named as the "7 years' war" happened due to multiple incidents with the upper part of the Ohio River valley.
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Dozens of men boarded the 3 East India Company ships and dumped 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor -
This marked the start of the American War of Independence -
This document gave 13 North American British colonies independence from Great Britain and to give the colonist a seeking of independence. -
This goal of this event was to produce the first written constitution for any nation in the world and to reject the Articles of Confederation altogether.
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Eli Whitney created a modern mechanical cotton gin -
This act was purposed to limit the restrictions on foreign born Americans and to restrict private speech of the government. -
Franc signed with the United States to purchase a 828,000 square miles of land which was located in the west of the Mississippi River for 15 million dollars which was called the Louisiana Purchase. -
This war between United States and Great Britain was over the British violations of the U.S maritime rights which was used to stop unfair economic policies in Canada.
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Passed by Congress on March 3 and signed by President James Monroe on March 6 this compromise temporarily settled a debate over whether the new states would allow slavery.
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President Jackson made a severe and permanent impact on American politics and presidency. -
During this time a lot of Native Americans were relocated to what is now Oklahoma but was originally Indian Territory.
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New York City banks ran out of gold and silver causing a huge panic. -
The telegraph started the whole revolution of communications through electrical signals -
This war started because of a disputed boundary which was located between the US and Texas called the Nueces Strip
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This compromise was presented by Senator Henry Clay to temporarily solve the issue of slavery and to address the new territory after the Mexican American War happened. -
On April 12 Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter which was in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor and then on April 13 Inion forces surrendered
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Issued by President Abraham Lincoln this proclamation was to declare freedom for all slaved people in the Confederate states besides Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. -
The 13-15th Amendments are considered the "Reconstruction Amendments" because they were finalized right after the civil war ended and addressed questions that related to the legal and political status of African Americans. -
Lee surrender to Grant at the Appomattox Court House giving the Union victory and ending the war in Virgina. -
President Lincoln was shot while attending a play at Ford's Theatre. -
This was used to impeach Andrew Johnson for high crimes and misdemeanors. -
Thomas Edison invented the electric light on November 4, 1879. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone on March 7, 1876. The Wright Brothers invented the airplane on December 17, 1903.There is importance to all 3 of these life changing inventions because of the extended productive hours, streamlined communication, and transformed travel which is included in the electric light, telephone, and airplane.
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This was used to combine disparate companies and to spread them across dozens of states all under one group of trustees. -
This was a boycott that that cause a disruption in rail traffic in the Midwest
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The US supported the struggle between the Cubans and Filipinos against the Spanish rule and the mysterious explosion of the U.S.S. Maine battleship in Havana Harbor.
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Theodore Roosevelt became president due to the assassination of President William McKinley