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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
In this first battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence—American victory. The British marched into Lexington and Concord intending to suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from the colonists. Instead, their actions sparked the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
The winter of 1777-78 was not the coldest nor the worst experienced during the war. Still, regular freezing and thawing, intermittent snowfall and rain, and shortages of provisions, clothing, and shoes made living conditions extremely difficult. The British were occupying Philadelphia for the winter. -
Benedict Arnold turns traitor
Benedict Arnold betrayed the Continental Army to the British when he made secret overtures to British headquarters in May 1779. In 1780 he informed the British of a proposed American invasion of Canada, and he also offered to surrender West Point, New York, to the British for 20,000 Euros. -
The Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens was a strategically ingenious American victory during the American Revolution over a British force in South Carolina on January 17, 1781. It was a rare win for American forces, and it slowed British efforts to invade North Carolina. -
The USS Constitution defeats the HMS Guerriere
USS Constitution met and defeated HMS Guerriere, a 38-gun British frigate under the command of Captain James Richard Dacres. While relatively inconsequential in strategic terms for the War of 1812, the stunning victory provided a much-needed morale boost for the American public. Guerriere was too badly damaged to salvage and was burned the following day, as in defeat. -
The Battle of Baltimore
The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought on September 13, 1814. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the port city of Baltimore, Maryland. The combatants first met at the Battle of North Point. Following their occupation and burning of Washington, D.C. -
The Battle of New Orleans
The British hoped to seize New Orleans to expand into territory acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under General Andrew Jackson. It took place 5 miles east-southeast of the city of New Orleans, close to the town of Chalmette, Louisiana, and it was a U.S. victory. -
The Election of Andrew Jackson
Jackson decisively won the election, carrying 55.5% of the popular vote and 178 electoral votes, to Adams' 83. The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System. With the ongoing expansion of the right to vote to most white men, the election marked a dramatic expansion of the electorate, with 9.5% of Americans casting a vote for president, compared with 3.4% in 1824. -
The Battle of the Alamo
It was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States). By daybreak all the Defenders had perished, including a former congressman from Tennessee, David Crockett. -
Mexico loses California, New Mexico, and Arizona
Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. to the US. Mexico lost Texas, Arizona, and California to the United States through a combination of war and treaty. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Lincoln's combination of a moderate stance on slavery, long support for economic issues, his western origins, and strong oratory proved to be exactly what the delegates wanted in a president. On the third ballot on May 18, Lincoln secured the presidential nomination overwhelmingly. -
South Carolina secedes from the United States
South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union.When Abraham Lincoln, a known opponent of slavery, was elected president, the South Carolina legislature perceived a threat. the reason would be the escalating controversy over the expansion of slavery into the territory acquired from Mexico prompted South Carolina's secession crisis of 1850 - 51. -
The First Battle of Bull Run
In the American Civil War, the first of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in northern Virginia. the war would last much longer than 90 days and be harder fought than anyone had expected. As the Confederate got the victory. Union forces staged a surprise attack but were forced to retreat. -
The Battle of Gettysburg
It was known as the bloodiest war, As the Union Army won. Around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. This war was over the issue of slavery. -
The Treaty at Appomattox Courthouse
There was no treaty signed to end the Civil War. The surrender at Appomattox Court House was a military surrender of an army which was surrounded. The Confederate government never surrendered and even had it wanted to the United States government would likely not have accepted. The Appomattox Court House cultural landscape marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of Civil War. -
The sinking of the USS Maine
USS Maine, a second-class battleship built between 1888 and 1895, was sent to Havana in January 1898 to protect American interests during the long-standing revolt of the Cubans against the Spanish government. In the evening of 15 February 1898, Maine sank when her forward gunpowder magazines exploded. -
Battle of the Philippines
The main theatres of combat in the Spanish-American War were the Philippines and Cuba. Fighting centered on Manila, where U.S. Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay, and on Santiago de Cuba, which fell to U.S. forces after hard fighting in July. -
The Adoption of the Star Spangled Banner as the National Anthem
As it is now the national anthem as the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution. Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to witnessing the massive overnight British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812. President Woodrow Wilson adopted the song as a de facto “national anthem” in 1916 but did not codify this ruling.