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American Revolutionary War
Began as a war between the UK and US but gradually turned into the British against US, France, Netherlands and Spain. -
Common Sense Published
"Common Sense" challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. -
The Virigina Declaration of Rights
The declaration is to proclaim the inherent natural rights of men, including the right to rebel against "inadequate" government. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence was made to declare the US to be independent of the British Crown. -
Washington Crossing
Washington and his troops surprised attacked The Hessians troops, and won. -
Flag Resolution
The colonies come together as one -
French Alliance
The treaty stated that it would aid to France if England attacked, and that neither France nor the United States would make peace with England until the independence of the United States was recognized. -
Treat of Alliance with France
The treaty was a defensive alliance between France and the US. It promised military support in case of attack by British forces indefinitely into the future. -
Articles of Conferderation
was the original constitution of the United States -
Northwest Ordinance
The ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States , -
US Constitution
It was influenced by the Enlightenment, Locke's ideas, and Voltaire's ideas. Original thirteen colonies -
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First Bank of the United States
Alexander Hamilton believed a central bank was necessary to stabilize and improve the nation's credit, and to improve handling of the financial business of the United States government under the Constitution. -
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
The Cotton gin made upland short cotton into a profitable crop, which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery in the United States. -
Death of Washington
George Washington passed away quietly at his home in Mount Vernon at the age of 67. He had a brief illness, and possibly serious throat and lower respiratory infection -
Library Of Congress Founded
The Library Of Congress is the research library for the United States Congress. -
Ohio became 17th State
Was the first under the Northwest Ordinance. Nickname "Buckeye State" -
Louisana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson wanted to buy New Orleans from France. France gave them New Orleans and the whole Louisana Purchase. -
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the United States and those of the British Empire. -
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Second Bank of the United States
Served as the nations federally authorized central bank during its twenty year charter. -
Indian Removal Act
The act authorized President Jackson to negotiate with the Indians in the southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that travels from Albany, New York, to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
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American Civil War
"War between the States" was civil war fought over the secession of the Confederate States. Eleven southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confedercy. The other twenty-five states supported the Union. -
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First Transcontinental Railroad
Known as Pacific Railroad, it connected Iowa, Nebraska, Ogden, Utah, and Sacramento, California. -
Nevada 36th state
Nevada became a state because its silver and gold production were needed to help finance the Civil War. -
Thirteenth Amendment to the US Consitution
Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in Ford's Theatre. Booth hated Lincoln because he was against everything Lincoln was for. -
Nebraska became 37th state
Nebraska joined after the American Civil War. Platte sections in Nebraska were hostile to each other and bitter strife resulted. -
Fifteenth Amendment Passed
Fifteenth Amendment prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude, example slavery. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Act guaranteed that everyone, regardless of race, color, was treated equal in public. However the law was rarely enforced and overturned by the Surpreme Court in 1883. -
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Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone. He called it the "electroical speech machine"
