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War in Jamestown
this battle was the first between the colony of Virginia and the Powhatan Confederacy. In its 92 years it incubated the free enterprise, race relations, democratic government and Protestant religion that dominate American culture today. -
Armed Conflicts of Lexington and Concord
This battle contains the most 'famous shot' heard around the world. Lexington and concord also marked the start of the american independence. -
The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
The signing took 2 days for the Congress to agree on the edits. This event contains the ideals and goals for our nation. -
Constitutional Convention
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election of 1800
Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. The election was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership. -
louisiana purchase
this was the purchase of imperial rights to the western half of the mississippi river. this dramatically expanded the size of the country. -
Missouri Compromise
this event admitted missouri as a slave state and maine as a free state. slavery was to be excluded from all new states in the Louisiana Purchase north of the southern boundary of Missouri. -
Nullification Crisis
President Jackson issued a proclamation to the people of South Carolina that disputed a states' right to nullify a federal law. On December 20, 1832 the South Carolina Legislature passed An Act to carry into effect in part, an Ordinance to Nullify certain Acts of the Congress of the United States. -
Battle of Front Sumter
the battle that bombed near Charleston, South Carolina. the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the US Army, that started the American Civil War. -
The Assassination of Lincoln
As the war entered its final stages, Booth hatched a conspiracy to kidnap the president. These restrictive measures were designed to repress the recently freed slave population.