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The Battle of Jumonville Glen
The Battle of Jumonville Glen was the opening battle of the French and Indian War. Colonial soldiers from Virginia and warriors from the Mingo tribe attacked Canadians. The colonial force had been sent to protect a fort at the location of present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A larger Canadien force sent a warning to Washington about invading on French-claimed territory. Washington was alerted by the Mingo tribe, and they joined forces to surround the Canadian camp. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an incident in Boston in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under attack by a mob that formed around a British sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment. He was eventually supported by eight soldiers and they fired into the crowd, without orders, instantly killing three people and wounding others. Two more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. The target was the Tea Act, which allowed the British East India company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts, hurting local tea merchants. -
The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
The capture of Fort Ticonderoga happened during the American Revolutionary War, when a small force of Green Mountain Boys led surprised and overcame a small British garrison at the fort and looted the personal belongings of the garrison. Cannons and other arms from the fort were later transported to Boston and used to fortify Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. -
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought in present-day Pender County, North Carolina. When word arrived of a planned British Army expedition to the area, Josiah Martin, the governor, ordered the Loyalist militia to assemble in anticipation of their arrival. Revolutionary militia and Continental units mobilized to prevent it, blockading several routes until the poorly armed Loyalists were forced to confront them at Moore's Creek Bridge. -
The Battle of Springfield
After the Battle of Connecticut Farms ruined British Lieutenant General Knyphausen's plan to attack Washington and his troops at Morristown, New Jersey, Knyphausen and British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton decided to try again. The British were initially able to advance, but they were ultimately forced to withdraw because of newly arriving rebel forces, resulting in a Continental victory. -
The Battle of Fallen Timbers
The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War. It was a battle between Native American tribes, with British assistance, and the United States for the Northwest Territory. The US got this territory in the Treaty of Paris, but the Native Americans did not want to give it up. The US troops attacked the Native Americans where a stand of trees (the "fallen timbers") had been blown down by a recent storm in present day Toledo, Ohio. -
Inauguration of John Adams
John Adams was sworn in as President of the United States on March 4th, 1797 in the House of Representatives Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I chose this event because the inauguration of our 2nd president is a very important event. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S. paid fifty million francs and a cancellation of debts worth eighteen million francs for a total of sixty-eight million francs. The Louisiana territory included land from fifteen present U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. -
Lewis and Clark's Journey West
The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States. It began near St. Louis, made its way westward, and passed through the Continental Divide of the Americas to reach the Pacific coast. -
The Embargo Act of 1807
The embargo was imposed in response to the violations of the United States neutrality, where American merchantmen and their cargo were seized as contraband of war by the hostile European navies. President Thomas Jefferson acted with restraint, weighing public support for retaliation. -
The Burning of Washington D.C.
The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. After defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross burned down buildings including the White House and the Capitol. -
The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." At the same time, the doctrine noted that the U.S. would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies or in the internal concerns of European countries. -
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a 2,170 mile historic East to West, large-wheeled wagon route in the United States that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon. The Oregon Trail was laid by fur traders and traders and was only passable on foot or by horseback. It was used by about 400,000 settlers, farmers, miners, ranchers, and business owners and their families. -
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native Americans from their homes in the Southeastern United States, to areas to the west that had been designated as Indian Territory. The forced relocations were carried out by the US government following the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. -
The Pony Express
The Pony Express reduced the time for messages to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to about 10 days. There were about 186 Pony Express stations that were about 10 miles apart along the Pony Express route. At each station stop the express rider would change to a fresh horse, taking only the mail pouch with him. William Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Waddell were the three founders of the Pony Express. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order freeing all slaves in the United States. As soon as a slave escaped the Confederate government, by running away or through the federal troops, the former slave became free. It was issued as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion in the South. -
The Battle of Gettysberg
The Battle of Gettysburg in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. After his success at Chancellorsville in Virginia in May 1863, Lee led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North, aka the Gettysberg campaign. There were very many casualties in this battle. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He was shot in the head as he watched the play and died the following day at 7:22 a.m., in the Petersen House opposite the theater. -
The Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered a depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 until 1879, and even longer in some countries, like France and Britain. This was partially caused by the American post-civil war inflation.
