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founding of jamestown
104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
battles of lexington and concord
they were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge. -
the signing of the declaration of independence
it is one of the most important but least celebrated days in American history. 56 members of the Second Continental Congress started signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia -
constitutional convention
The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans -
louisiana purchase
the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi. -
westward expansion
the populating by Europeans of the land within the continental boundaries of the mainland United States, a process that began shortly after the first colonial settlements were established along the Atlantic coast. -
missouri compromise
a United States federal legislation that stopped northern attempts to forever prohibit slavery's expansion. done by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
nullification crisis
a conflict between the U.S. state of South Carolina and the federal government of the United States. Calhoun, who opposed the federal imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 and argued that the U.S. Constitution gave states the right to block the enforcement of a federal law. -
battle of fort sumter
the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. -
battle of antietam
first battle in the north (maryland). 23,000 casualties- marking the single bloodiest day in american history. -
battle of gettysburg
union wins in pennsylvania. it was the bloodiest battle in the war, and was also a turning point in the war. -
emancipation proclamation
developed after slaves were given asylum at fort monroe, VA and declared "contraband of war". made abolition of slavery. -
sherman's march to the sea
union general sherman captured the city if atlanta and began a "scorched earth" policy, destroying both military and civilian targets. he marched from atlanta to savannah, georgia- breaking the back of the confederacy. -
lincoln's ten percent plan
Lincoln's blueprint for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan, which specified that a southern state could be readmitted into the Union once 10 percent of its voters (from the voter rolls for the election of 1860) swore an oath of allegiance to the Union. -
surrender at appomattox
robert e lee, facing troop and supply shortages, surrenders to ulysses s grant at appomattox court house.over the next few weeks the remaining confederate armies would also surrender. -
the assassination of abraham lincoln
was assassinated by well-known stage actor 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, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated, with his funeral and burial marking an extended period of national mourning. -
election of 1800
The 1800 United States presidential election was the 4th quadrennial presidential election."Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist John Adams by a margin of seventy-three to sixty-five electoral votes in the presidential election of 1800. ... With the votes tied, the election was thrown to the House of Representatives as required by Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.