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Lexington and Concord
This was the very first battle that initiated the American Revolution and it was the "Shot heard around the world". Eventhough this war was very costly with lives it paved the way for American Independence. -
Second Continental Congress
After the fighting broke out in Massachusetts the Second Continental Congress met up. The congress was split up between 2 groups, the Patriots and Loyalists. Patriots believed that they should revolt against Great Britain and the Loyalists who believed they could still work things out with Great Britain. -
Bunker Hill
This technically was a "true" battle fought between opposing armies on the outskirts of Boston. A group of farmers fortified Breed's Hill. The British won this battle and took over the hill. Americans in the other hand claimed a victory having succeded in inflicting heavy loses on the attacking British army. -
Olive Branch Petition
This petition was adopted in congress, because many colonists did not want independence still. They admired their heritage and wanted to stay loyal to the mother country, but they did want to change their relationship with Britain. After congress sent an "Olive Branch Petition" to King George III pledging their loyalty and asking parliment to secure peace and protection of colonial rights. -
Common Sense
Common Sesne was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. This pamphlet was arguing that the colonies should break away from Britain. It also argued that it didn't make sense for a big country to be ruled by a small island that was far away. This pamphlet eventually led people to revolt and it impacted public opinion and the future. -
The Declaration of Independence
After meeting for more than a year Richard Henry Lee proposed a solution declaring the colonies independent. This led to America's independence from Britain and our fight to become an independent country. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a huge turning point for the Americans, because it convinced France to allign with us to defeat the British. This battle helped us gain an ally which led to our victory in the American Revolution. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution ever drafted for the United States. This document protected the powers of individual states. These articles led to writing the Constitution of the united States of America. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was the last battle ever fought for the Revolutionary War. We fought it with the help of the french and finally beat the British. This battle helped us get recognized as an independent country by Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
After Britain heard the defeat of General Cornwallis it was a blow to Britain, because it the war was a huge strain on the whole country. On 1783 Britain signed the Treaty of Paris which stated that they would recognize America as an independent nation and much more. -
Shay's Rebellion
Poor farmers were worried about the debts so they made a rebellion which was lost. This showed the weakness of the Article of Confedaration and it led to a more stronger government. -
Constituional Convention
(May 25 to September 17, 1787) Took place in 1787. It was in the State Houses located in Philadelphia. The same place where the Declaration of Independence was signed 11 years before. For 4 months 55 delegates from several states met to frame a constitution. They wanted it to last into “remote futurity.” -
Northwest Ordinance 1787
For a large territory between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River, congress passed a law that set the rules for creating new states. The Ordinance allowed for limited self government in the territory, but it didn't allow for slavery. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
signed into law by President George Washington on September 24, 1789. The act established the structure and jurisdiction of the federal court system and created the position of attorney general. -
Whickey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion, less commonly known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a resistance movement in the western part of the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. The conflict was rooted in western dissatisfaction with various policies of the eastern-based national government. (July 17,1794) -
XYZ Affair
A incident between America and France that almost led to war. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
In 1798, the Federalist-controlled Congress passed four acts to empower the president of the United States to expel dangerous Aliens from the country; to give the president authority to arrest, detain, and deport resident aliens hailing from enemy countries during times of war; to lengthen the period of naturalization for immigrants, and to silence Republican criticism of the Federalist Party. Also an act passed by Congress in 1918 during World War I that made it a crime to disrupt military recr -
Revolution of 1800
In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated incumbent president John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System. -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. The landmark decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. (Feb. 11, 1803) -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana purchase was the purchase of the Louisiana territory from Napoleon in 1803 under Jefferson. (April 30, 1803) -
Embargo Act 1807
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Nonintercourse Act 1809
Provided that Americans could trade with all nations except Britain and France (1809) -
Macon’s Bill No. 2
The law lifted all embargoes with Britain and France (for three months) -
War of 1812
The causes of the War of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the British and French against the U.S. as part of the Napoleonic Wars and American outrage at the British practice of impressment, especially after the Chesapeake incident of 1807. In 1812, with President Madison in office, Congress declared war against the British. (june 18, 1812) -
Treaty of Ghent
Was the peace that ended the War of 1812 -
Election of 1816
The United States presidential election of 1816 came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic- Republican James Madison. (November 1, 1816) -
McColluch v. Maryland
The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered in Maryland (1819) -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution (1824) -
Election of 1824
In the United States presidential election of 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was divided by the House of Representatives. -
Election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams, now incumbent President, and Andrew Jackson. As incumbent Vice President John C. Calhoun had sided with the Jacksonians, the National Republicans led by Adams, chose Richard Rush as Adams' running mate. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within state borders. It is where the “Trail of Tears” came from. Estimated that about 4,000 cherokees died. -
Nullification Crisis 1832
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. -
Texas Indepence
Texas wanted their independence because Mexico was not giving them rights and they were pushing their beliefs unto texan residents. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
This treaty was a documnet that solved the dispute over the maine boundary between Maine and British Canada -
Election of 1844
This election was between James K. Polk and Martin Van Buren. This election focused on the annexation of Texas. Polk won and it led to the annexation of Texas. -
Wilmot Proviso
This document allowed for slavery to be abolished on the new gained land from the mexican-american war. This bill never passed, but it prolongued the civil war. -
Mexican-American War
This war was the war where mexico and America were fighting over texas. This war, which we won, led to the civil war, which ended slavery. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
This treaty negotiated with Mexico after we had won the war. Mexico agreed that the Rio Grande was the souther border of Texas. -
Gadsden Purchase
President Pierce failed at getting Cuba, but he did purchase a strip of land that was used as railroads. -
Ostend Manifesto
America wanted to buy Cuba from Spain, but Spain didn't want to because it was its last remnant of their empire. So some southeners made an expedition to Cuba to try to take it by force. -
Panic of 1857
This was a financial plummet down where prices went down and it paniced farmers. -
Alaska Purchase
Alaska had been owned by Russie but the fear of Britain overtaking it made them go look for someone to buy Alaska. Seward agreed to buy it and on 1867 congress bought alaska. -
Dawes Act
A federal law intended to turn Native Americans into farmers and landowners by providing cooperating families with 160 acres of reservation land for farming or 320 acres for grazing. In the eyes of supporters, this law would “civilize” the Indians by weaning them from their nomadic life, by treating them as individuals rather than as members of their tribes, and by readying them for citizenship. ALthough generally well intentioned, the law undermined Indian culture, in part by restricting their -
Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee is located on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Southwestern South Dakota. It was the site of 2 conflicts between North American Indians and U.S Government. A massacre occured in 1890 leaving 150 Native Americans dead, in what was the final clash between federal troops and the Sioux. Also, this event is where the “Ghost Dance” was created. -
Teller Amendment
This was pretty much a statement that declared war agaisnt Spain. It also states that America would not take over Cuba politically. -
Spanish-American War
Southeners really wanted Cuba and America was ready to spread their beliefs around the world. They fought the Spanish and won Cuba. This helped America become a big imperial power. -
U.S.S Maine
This ship was sent to Havana and it exploded killing 260 Americans. Yellow journalists blamed the Spanish for sinking the Maine, when in reality it was an accident that the ship sank. -
Open Door Policy
This was a policy that opened doors to tarde in China, and they would have equal trading privaleges. -
Boxer Rebellion
This was an organization led by chinese people and they killed dozens of christian missionaries. -
Election of 1900
This was a battle between Mckinley and Bryan, eventuallly the Americans saw that the imperialism progress that we had made was an accomplishment and with Bryan against it, they elected Mckinley. -
Platt Amendment
This Amendment required Cuba to agree never sign treaty with foreign countries, not to have a public debt, to allowe US to intervene with Cuba's issues etc. -
Roosevelts Corollary
This was a statement made by president roosevelt that said that the US would intervene with any conflict between Latin America and Europe. -
Gentlemen's Agreement
This was a compromise between Japan, because the Japanese were being segregated in America. -
Election of 1908
This precidency was between Taft and Bryans. Bryans lost this one really badly out of the 3 previous attempts. -
Founding of the NAACP
The NAACP is the oldest and largest civil rights based organization, with more than half a million members, was founded on Feb. 12th 1909 with the horrible act of lynching in mind along with the 1908 race riot in Springfield -
Mexican Civil War
This started as an uprising started by Francisco I. Madero against porfirio diaz. -
Election of 1912
This election was between Roosevelt, Taft, Woodrow, and Debs. The newcomber (Woodrow) won easiy by 435 electoral votes. -
Panama Canal
As a result of the spanish-american war the american empire stretched from puerto rico to the Phillipeans. To get to these islands the US built a canal. -
Jones Act
This was a law that which granted full territorial status to that country and guaranteed a bill of rights and it promised the phillipeans independece when their country was stable. -
First Red Scare
The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution. -
Red Summer
APRIL Red Summer describes the race riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities in the United States during the summer and early autumn of 1919 -
Harlem Renaissance
Started in 1919 and ended in 1940, Many African-Americans moved north to escape the oppression in the South. This was a cultural movement that played a big part in African-American culture. -
Election of 1932
The United States presidential election of 1932 took place in the midst of the Great Depression that had ruined the promise of the incumbent President Herbert Hoover to bring about a new era of prosperity. (November 8, 1932) -
New Deal
The economic measures introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to counteract the effects of the Great Depression. (March 9, 1933) -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the United States used its massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. -
Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was the American foreign policy in 1947 of providing economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey because they were threatened by communism -
Creation of NATO 1949
created to protect America along with 11 other nations but the Soviets created Warsaw to counter -
Fall of China to Communism
The "fall" of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades. -
Korean War
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 as a civil war between North and South Korea, but the conflict soon became international when, under U.S. leadership, the United Nations joined to support South Korea and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) entered to aid North Korea. The war left Korea divided and brought the Cold War to Asia. -
Election of 1952
The United States presidential election of 1952 took place in an era when Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was escalating rapidly. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a period of religious revival in the United States between 1790 and the 1840s. It followed the First Great Awakening of colonial America. Characteristics of the Second Great Awakening include widespread conversions, increased church activity, social activism, and the emergence of new Christian denominations. The period is considered to have ended with the American Civil War, though its legacy continues to this day.
