Battles/ Wars
Turning point of the American Revolution
Saratoga
16th President of the U.S.A.
Abraham Lincoln
What happen on July 4th, 1776?
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Manifest Destiny
Westward Expansion
Fought to improve care for mentally ill
Dorothea Dix
What is the other name for the French and Indian War?
7 Years War
Beat Andrew Jackson to become President during the "corrupt bargain"
John Quincy Adams (2nd Adams)
1861-1865
Civil War
South Carolina, Virgina, North Carolina, Georgia and Maryland
Southern Colonies
Eli Whitney made this invention to clean a "cash crop" faster
cotton gin
First Turning Point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Wrote "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
What significant event happened in 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation was a signed by Abraham Lincoln
Proclamation of 1763
Colonist were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
This invention changed farming and the process of planting crops.
mechanical reaper
First Battle (on water) of Civil War
First Land Battle of Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Bull Run (Manassas)
Wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
What event happened in 1607?
Establishment of Jamestown Colony
Appomattox Courthouse
Horace Mann
Father of Education
What was the 2nd turning point of the Civil War and WHY?
Antietam
Cut the Confederate States in half
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriett Breecher Stowe
Why is 1849 significant?
California Gold Rush
Where and when was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Philadelphia, PA July 4th, 1776
Great Compromise- Explain it
Virgina Plan- Representation based on Population (H.of R.)
New Jersey Plan- equal representation (2 Senators per state)