Domestic Tragedies
2001 Islamic terrorist attack committed by al-Queda, in which two planes suicide bombed each of the Twin Towers.
9/11
First major battles between the British Army and Colonial Army, conducted in April of 1775.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Act in 1830, signed by Andrew Jackson, forcibly removed Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
Indian Removal Act
Confrontation in Boston, during the Revolutionary War in March of 1770. British soldiers gun down a mob of civilians who were harassing them.
Boston Massacre
Battle fought in Charlestown, Massachusetts, during June of 1775. Took place during the Siege of Boston.
Battle of Bunker Hill
1898 war that saw Spain cede Cuba to the United States.
Spanish-American War
In December of 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a surprise military strike on a naval base in Oahu, Hawaii.
Attack On Pearl Harbor
American victory. Patriots attack and inflict casualties on the British as they retreat from Concord.
Battle of Meriam's Corner
In 1898, after the U.S. annexed the Spanish colony known as the Philippine Islands, what country did they seek to contest next?
Philippines
In April of 1995, anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh detonated a makeshift bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Oklahoma City Bombing
Conducted in September of 1777, this battle saw British defeat and surrender to the Colonial Army, which led to France entering the war as an American Ally.
Battles of Saratoga
An 1859 raid on an armory in Virginia, conducted by John Brown in an effort to initiate a slave revolt. Led to beginning of the Civil War.
Raid on Harper's Ferry
First major battle fought after the U.S. declared it's independence. Took place in New York during August of 1776, saw British victory in the port of New York.
Battle of Long Island