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Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton, New Jersey was one of the turning points of the American Revolutionary War. Having lost New York to the British at the Battle of Long Island in the summer, George Washington was desperate to turn things around. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown, also called the Siege of Yorktown, was the final battle of the American Revolutionary War even though the Treaty of Paris, ending the war, would not be signed for another 2 years. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the War for Independence.
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The United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is approved by unanimous vote. It was ratified on July 2, 1788 when New Hampshire becomes the 9th state to approve it. -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The Battle of Tippecanoe (in present-day Indiana), considered the first battle of the War of 1812, takes placce between Tecumseh's brother, The Prophet, and William Henry Harrison's army. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was the first time that the United States declared war on anybody. America declared war on Great Britain. It was also the smallest margin of a declaration of war vote, 79 -
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Burning of Washington D.C.
The British burnt Washington D.C. in retaliation for the buring of York. President James Madison flees to the Captial. -
Battle of Plattsburg
The Battle of Plattsburg on Lake Champlain is a major American victory securing its northern border. -
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Battle of Baltimore
The Battle of Baltimore took place at Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent ended the war proving how necessary the war had been. Americans and British diplomats agree to the terms of a treaty and return to the status quo from before the war. -
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Great Depression
The stock market crashes, called "Black Thursday," when prices keep dropping. But, the end of November, the stock market loses $30 billion. -
Creation of Federal Reserve system
Federal Reserve System had been created, but the vast majority of America's banks were small, individual institutions that had to rely on their own resources. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation was a U.S. government agency established by Congress which was a federal bailut program that borrowed money to provide emergency loans to banks, building. -
Revenue Act of 1932
The government passed the Revenue Act of 1932 which increased American tax rates greatly in an attempt to alance the federal budge, and by doing so, it dealt another contractionary blow to the economy by further discouraging spending. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court rules on the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, unanimously, (completely), agreeing that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. The ruling paves the way for large-scale desegregation.
The decision overturned (reversed) the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that ruled that blacks and whites are "separate but equal." -
Rosa Parks Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. A boycott follows, and the bus segregation ordinance is declared unconstitutional. The Federal Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation on interstate trains and buses. -
Martin Luther King's Speech
n a speech, King explains why the boycotts must continue: "There comes a time," he says, "that people get tired. We are here this evening to say to those who have mistreated us for so long, that we are tired, tired of being segregated and humiliated, tired of being kicked about by the brutal feet of oppression." -
Little Rock Nine
For the first time since Reconstruction, the federal government uses the military to uphold African Americans' civil rights, as soldiers escort nine African American students to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
