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First battle of the American Revolution, Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats -
regular freezing and thawing, plus intermittent snowfall and rain, coupled with shortages of provisions, clothing, and shoes, made living conditions extremely difficult -
Historians have several theories about why Arnold became a traitor: greed; mounting debt; resentment of other officers; a hatred of the Continental Congress; and a desire for the colonies to remain under British rule. -
Daniel Morgan led his army of tough Continentals and backwoods militia to a brilliant victory over Banastre Tarleton's battle-hardened force of British regulars. -
a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812 -
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. -
during the War of 1812 with Great Britain, was adopted by Congress as the U.S. national anthem in 193 -
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between British troops led by General Edward Pakenham and American forces led by General Andrew Jackson -
Jackson decisively won the election, carrying 55.5% of the popular vote and 178 electoral votes, to Adams' 83. -
Mexico's attempts to end slavery contrasted with the h -
his treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. -
Lincoln took office following the 1860 presidential election, in which he won a plurality of the popular vote in a four-candidate field. Almost all of Lincoln's votes came from the Northern United States -
the American Civil War, the first of two engagements fought at a small stream named Bull Run, near Manassas in northern Virginia -
There was no treaty signed to end the Civil War. The surrender at Appomattox Court House was a military surrender of an army that was surrounded. The Confederate government never surrendered -
Gettysburg ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee's ambitious second quest to invade the North and bring the Civil War to a swift end. -
February 15, 1898, an explosion of unknown origin sank the battleship U.S.S. Maine in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing 266 of the 354 crew members