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Battle of lexington and concord
hundreds of the British troops marched from Boston it was important because the British commander in Boston had heard of supplies of power. -
Battle of Saratoga
. burgoyne again attacked the Americans at bemis heights on October 19. it was important because it was a crucial victory for the patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the revolutionary war. -
Battle of Yorktown
German battle or the siege of little york ending October 19,1781 at yorktown virginia. it is important because the conflict was that cornwallis surrounded to george Washingto as french and American forces trapped the British at yorktown. -
Northwest Ordinace
it provided a method for admitting new sates to the union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. it's important because it has three acts:laid the basics for the government of the northwest territory. -
Marbury v.madison
it was a supreme court case to apply the principle of judicial review. the power of federal courts to void acts of congress. Marbury remains the single most important decision in American constitutional law. -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Madison hoped that other states would register their opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts as beyond the powers given to congress.since congress was firmly control by the federalists,the fight against the Alien and the Sedition Acts moved state legislatures. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
it was passed by the federalist congress in 1798.it is signed in to law by president Adams these laws included powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.it's important because they wont people to vote -
Louisiana Purchase
was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. 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. -
Missouri Compromise
was in effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri. it was important because the united states contained twenty two states evenly divided. -
Monroe Doctrine
was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. ... President James Monroe first stated the doctrine during his seventh annual State of the Union Address to Congress. The United States promised to stay out of European business and told the Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemisphere's business -
Nullification Crisis
during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government.it was important because was caused by the introduction of a series of protective tariffs. -
Oregon Treaty
his agreement set the boundary between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel west of the Rocky Mountains, veering around Vancouver Island and then proceeding through the Strait of San Juan de Fuca. The signing of the treaty in 1846 was important to Manifest Destiny because it showed the U.S. was willing to fight for westward expansion. -
Texas Annexation
was the 1845 annexation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state on December 29, 1845 it was important because The slave-based cotton production boomed as the number of slaves in Texas increased from 12,500 in 1840 to almost 170,000 in 1860. -
Compromise of 1850
avert crisis between north and south also was amended and the slave trade in Washington,DC. it was important because the south gained by the strengthening of slave law. -
Bleeding (Bloody) kansas
it was a war was a series of violent civil confrontations in the untied states between 1854 and 1861. it was important because it was territory between slavery and antislavery in the kansas country. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
it allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves. it is important because it was the language concerning the contentious issue of slavery. -
Battle of fort sumter
it return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the united states.it was important because fort sumter is historically significant because it is place where the first battle of american civil war -
battle of bull run
two months after confederated troops opened fire on fort sumter to begin civil war it was important because the confederate victory gave the south a surge of confidence and shocked many in the north -
Battle of Antietam
it was a battle of the american civil war .it was important because it resulted in president Abraham Lincoln issuing his preliminary. -
Emancipation Proclamation
as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." it was important because led the way to total abolition of slavery in the United States., the aim of the war changed to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the Union. -
Battle of vicksburg
it was the final major military action in the vicksburg campaign it was important because union forces had complete control of the Mississippi river. -
Battle of Gettysburg
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Gettysburg Address
Before he spoke, keynote speaker Edward Everett provided the crowd with a moving but lengthy speech on the historical causes and moral consequences of the war. When his turn came, Lincoln rose and in a mere 272 words revealed with poetic brevity the importance of the proposition “all men are created equal” to America’s past, present and future.it's important read the words in order to understand its impact. -
13 amendment passed
the 13 amendment was a abolished slavery in the united states.it was important because it created a constitutional amendment. -
13th amendment passed
The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War.it is important because granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” -
15th amendment passe
The 15th Amendment, granting African-American men the right to vote, was adopted into the U.S. Constitution in 1870. Despite the amendment, by the late 1870s discriminatory practices were used to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote, especially in the South. it is important because The 15th Amendment finally came to truly have an effect when the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by Congress to enforce the amendment -
Plessy v. ferguson
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. it was important because an important Supreme Court decision made in 1896. The Court ruled on the concept of 'separate but equal' and set back civil rights in the United States for decades to come.