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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was fought to decide if Britain or France would be the strong power in North America. France and its colonists and Indian allies fought against Britain, its colonists and Indian allies. -
First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies which provided the colonists with a temporary form of Parliamentary representation. It represented an attempt to unify colonies and colonists against the Coercive Acts. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson. This statement declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation were intentionally weak in order to protect state & individual liberties -
Constitutional Convention
In May 1787, 55 delegates held a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to discuss ways to strengthen the national gov’t. After discussing instead of revising the Articles of Confederation, they replaced it with the Constitution. -
Washington (District of Columbia)
Washington D.C. becomes the capital of the United States of America. -
Bill of Rights
The bill consists of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
War of 1812
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. The War ended on February 17, 1815 -
Nat Turner’s slave insurrection
A slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, in August 1831, led by Nat Turner. Rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 being white. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. -
Mexican–American War
It was a battle for land where Mexico was fighting to keep what they thought was their property and the U.S. desired to retain the disputed land of Texas and obtain more of Mexico's northern lands. -
Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
1860 United States presidential election
The 1860 presidential election resulted in the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin emerged triumphant. -
Civil War
Fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, The Civil War was a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
President Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
