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Battle of Lexington & Concord
This war happened regarding the British commander, Colonel Smith, in Boston. April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops marched from Boston nearby Concord to seize an arms cache. This started the American Revolutionary War. An "alarm" was sounded from other troops so that colonial militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the Redcoat column. -
Battle of saratoga
This battle renewed the morale of the American public, also in the act convincing potential foreign partners, like France, and America could win the war. October 17, 1777, 5,895 British and Hessian troops surrendered their arms. This is the turning point of the Revolutionary War. John Burgoyne was awarded a victory out of this also. This battle was a very well needed win for the Patriots. -
Battle of Yorktown
This being the last battle of the Revolutionary War, a British surrendering is what Americans needed. The battle is French and Americans against British and German mercenaries. With 7,800 French troops, the German and British only held 6,000. George Washington was surrendered by Cornwallis as French and American troops surrounded the British at Yorktown. -
Northwest Ordinance
aka The Second Continental Congress. This chartered a government for the Northwest Territory. With only three acts, this laid a basis for the government. A law passes in 1787 to regulate the settlement of of the Northwest Territory, dividing into several states of the Middle West. During this period, a bill was passed guaranteeing the rights in the territory, and admitting new states to the Union. -
Alien and Sedition act
The Alien & Sedition Acts were four bills. The four bills that came from the Alien & Sedition Act was passed by the Federalist. It was passed in 1798 in preparation for the anticipated war with France. President John signed the bills into law. The four bills were: Alien Enemies Act, Alien Friends Act, Naturalization Act, and Sedition Act. New powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote was included in the the laws. -
Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
This was a secret pact written by President Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The resolution had no authority to exercise power at least not specifically delegated to it in the Constitution. It declared that several states are united by compact under the Constitution. -
Louisiana purchase
During the rule of Napoleon, the Louisiana territory was bought from France. He says "The Louisiana Purchase is important because it gave the U.S control of the Mississippi River and the port city of New Orleans, both of which were used by farmers to ship their crops and get paid." This purchase was $15 million, and doubled the size of the United States. -
marbury v. madison
A US Supreme Court case that established judicial review. The principle for the power of federal courts. -
Missouri Compromise
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Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe states this policy. The United States did not approve of this at first. They did not want further European colonization. Monroe's 7th annual message to the congress. It interferes with the independence nations in the Western Hemisphere, which is why the US opposed. It has very string support in the United States because it promoted US interests. -
Nullification Crisis
This was a formal suspension by a state of federal law. The Nullification Crisis was caused by the intro of a series of protective tariffs. South Carolina endorsed the ordinance to nullify the tariffs acts. In 1828, what kindled the Nullification Crisis was the Tariff of Abominations. -
Texas Annexation
The 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America admitted Texas into the Union as the 28th state. Texas was declaring independence from the United States when quickly a war with Mexico sparked. The number of slaves in Texas escalated, the slave-based cotton production developed. -
Oregon Treaty
The British gained the Vancouver Island in this Treaty, being a success of Manifest Destiny. This treaty set boundaries between the United States and Canada. It settles disputes between US and Canada locating them between the Columbia River and the 49th parallel.
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Mexican cession(Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
During this war, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. This treaty established our Mexican-United States border at Texas. This was held in Texas at the Rio Grande River, Utah, California and Nevada came from Mexico. This was also, $15 million like the Louisiana Purchase, but to cover American citizens against Mexico it was $3,250,000. -
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
Bleeding(bloody) Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent civil confrontations in the United States between 1854 and 1861 which emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas. -
Battle of Fort sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the Confederate States Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army, that started the American Civil War. -
Battle of Ball Run
Prelude to the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) By July 1861, two months after Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter to begin the Civil War, the northern press and public were eager for the Union Army to make an advance on Richmond ahead of the planned meeting of the Confederate Congress there on July 20. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862, between Confederate -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln was trying to free slaves in 10 states. This policy was issued to help rebellious states rejoin the Union. Lincoln used this as they approached the third year of the Civil War. It also declared that "all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, henceforward shall be free." Decreeing freed slaves so they could be enlisted in the Union Army. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. -
Gettysburg adress
This battle is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War, involving the largest number of casualties. There were so many people dead/wounded that it was nicknamed the "Bloodies". The battle of Gettysburg was marched by General Robert E. Lee towards Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania after a victory. There were up to 10,000 Union and Confederate troops dead and another over 30,000 wounded. -
13th amendment pass
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. -
14th amendment pass
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed -
15th amendment pass
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal".