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Battle of Lexington & Concord
first battles of the revolutionary war. it happened because the British commander in Boston had heard of supplies of powder and weapons being kept by Patriots in the towns of Lexington and Concord. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence declared independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence also outlined rights. -
Battle of Saratoga
it was the turning point of the revolutionary war. British general John Burgoyne surrendered at this battle. -
Battle of Yorktown
it was the last battle of the Revolutionary war. The British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington. -
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance charted a government for the northwest territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. -
Alien & Sedition Acts
The Federalists believed that Democratic-Republican was disloyal and feared that the people living in the United States would sympathize with the French during a war. -
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
The Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana territory was acquired by the united states from french. -
Marbury V Madison
the U.S supreme court declared an act of congress unconstitutional and It established the principle of judicial review -
Missouri Compromise
it was a settlement between slave and free states. it made several laws pass during 1820 and 1821. -
Monroe Doctrine
a principle of US policy that says any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US -
Nullification crisis
it declared that the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable in South Carolina after February 1, 1833. -
Texas Annexation
was the annexation of the republic of Texas to the united states -
Oregon Treaty
it was an agreement that set the boundary between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel west of the rocky mountains. -
Mexican Cession
it was the land surrendered to the united states by Mexico at the end of the Mexican war. -
compromise of 1850
it consist of five laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
the Kansas-Nebraska act allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Bleeding Kansas
bleeding Kansas was a series of violent situations in the United States between 1854 and 1861 which formed debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
it was the first battle of the American Civil War. No Union troops had been killed during the bombardment, but two men died the following day in an explosion. -
Battle of Bull Run
this was the first battle of bull run and it was the first major battle of the American Civil War. about 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river -
Battle of Antietam
it made Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army against Union General George McClellan’s Army and was the culmination of Lee’s attempt to invade the north. and its still list the most deadliest one-day battle of American Military history. -
Battle of gettysburg
it stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North and more than 50,000 men fell during the battle. this battle was list the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
on January 1, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. it declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant's army invested the city and trapped a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. -
Gettysburg Address
it was a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln, dedication of Soldier's National Cemetery. The cemetery was for Union soldiers killed at the Battle Of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. -
13th Amendment
it abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
it granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States -
15th Amendment
it granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
it upheld racial segregation laws. "separate but equal"