-
The Declaration of Independence
[Society]
Thomas Jefferson wrote down the reasons for indepependence that is Declaration of Independence.The declaration states that all people have rights that no one should take away. -
Crossing the Delaware
[Politics]
At the town of Trenton, New Jersey, about thousand Hassian troops were camped. General Washington and his troops were crossing toward them over the icy Delaware River. They won this battle and this victory have encouradge American people. -
War ends in York town
[Expansion]
The last part of the war was fought in the South. The British general Cornwallis and his troops marched to Yorktown, Virginia, and prepared for battle. American and Franch guns pounded away at Cornwallis's troops until Cornwallis was forced to surrender. The defeat of the British at Yorktown marked the end of the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris
[Expansion]
In 1783, a peace treaty gave American the lands that reached west to the Mississippi River. -
Northwest Ordinance
[Expansion]
Congress provided a procedure for dividing the land into no fewer than three and no more than five states. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 became the Confederation's most significant achievements. -
Bill of Rights
[Inovation] [Slavery]
The states had ratified ten amendments to the Constisution.
The protection of rights and freedoms did not apply to all Anericans at the time the Bill of Rights was adopted. Native Americans and slaves were excluded. -
Cotton gin
[Inovation]
Ely Whytley's envented cotton gin. -
Election of 1796
[Politics]
John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson
John Adams was presidents. Thomas Jefferson was Demcratic Republicans so according to constitution the runner up should become vice president, but had to changed. -
Election of 1800
[Politics]
The power canged from fedelarists to Democrtic Republicans without any conflict. Congress passed the 'the twelfth Amendment' to vote prsident and vice president separately. -
Steamboat
[Innovation]
Robert Fullton desighned and buolt the first commercially successful steamboat. -
Embargo
[politics]
This cartoon shows that no trade Great Britain and France. The american marhants could not trade and had economically hard time. The american people could not buy European goods. -
War of 1812
[Politics]
President Madison to declare war in 1812 but the United states was not ready for the War of 1812.The fighting dragged on. Nither side was winning. Finally, the tow tired countries signed a peace treaty on Chiristams Eve. -
The Missouri Compromise
[Slavery]
The United Stated was evenly balanced between slave states and free states. Then Missouri applied to become a new state as a slave state. Missouri Compromise was reached in 1820 and Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state.Congress drew a line from east to weat across the American territories. It was agree that all lands north of the line would be free, while settlers in all lands south of the line could own slaves. -
Jacksonian Democracy
jackson was elected president and he gave common people a chance to participate in governmnet. -
Jackson's bank war
In 11832Jackson won reelection and placing them in cwetain state banks called 'pet banks'. -
Civil War begins
It began in 1861, on an island off South Carolina, at Fort Sumter. Southerners began bombing Fort Sumter on the morning. Civil War begun.
