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US Contituation Written
This Replaced the articles of confederation and became the law of the United Satates it was written in Philadelphia -
The Louisiana Purchase
Bought from Fracnce, This land doubled the size of the U.S. President Thomas Jefferson Made the deal -
The war of 1812
AKA the second war for independence U.S. defeated the British Andrew Jackson emerged as a war hero by saving the city of New Orelans -
The Trail of Tears
White settlers in Georga wanted cherokee lands, President Jackson sided with the whites & ordered the removel of the cherokee to Oklahoma many died. -
The Mexican War
The sequel to the Texas revolution, this war featured a 4month conflict over mexico's northern territory. The US got 1/4th its total current territory. -
The Civil War begins
When Abarham Lincoln won the election of 1860, South Carolina led many other sourthern states in seceeding from the union. Lincoln declared war to bring them back.
