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It was during this war that British debts nearly doubled and the need for new sources of revenue led to the eventual taxation of the American Colonists. This war was referred to by European nations as the Seven Year's War. (1754-1763)
What is the French and Indian War
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This is the battle in which the phrase, "the Shot heard around the the world," rang out and was the first battle of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of lexington and Concord
100
This was the turning point battle of the American Civil War and lead to the eventual Union Victory
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
100
It was this four month long conflict in 1898 that led to the American acquisition of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, and Guam
What is the Spanish-American War
100
This was the name of the American Force sent to Europe to defeat the German army in 1918 and was comprised of over 500,000 men.
What is the American Expeditionary Force
200
Beginning when the French and Indian War began, eleven colonies as well as six Iroqouis nations met and drafted a resolution of the Union of the Colonies to fight the French and its Indian allies. To create a national assembly presided by a Royal Governor. However failed due to little thought put into logistics and the disdain of the crown.
What is the Albany Plan
200
It was this battle that would be the turning-point of the Revolutionary War and lead to the French assistance and ultimately Americna independance.
What is the Battle of Saratoga
200
It was this General that defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans (although occurring after the War of 1812)
Who is Andrew Jackson
200
In Degler Bringing Forth a New Nation, this war led to a group of authors known as the Lost Generation to creatre a new genre of writing that reflected the 1920s including Gone with the Wind and The Great Gatsby
What is WWI
200
Referred to as the last engagement of the Vietnam War, this hostage-rescue led to a firefight between United States Marines and a newly Communist Khmer Rouge forces.
What is the Mayaguez incident
300
This treaty ended the Seven Years War/French and Indian War. It would lead to France ceding all of its Northern American territory to Great Britain and cause a great migration of anti-British sayers into the Americna colonies.
What is Treaty of Paris of 1763
300
During the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, he increased the funding for the United State's navy in response to hostile actions of this group
Who are the Barbary Pirates
300
It was this treaty that ended the dispute over the border between Canadanian and Main border and negotiated the location of the border to be along the 49th parallel.
What is Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1819)
300
Name the Acts to which the United States wished to remain neutral in the affairs in both Europe and in response to Japan's aggressive invasion of Manchuria
What are the Neutrality Acts 1935-7
300
This occurred during the Lebanese Civil War after United States forces and French paratroopers were sent into Lebanon to overlook a ceasefire between PLO forces and invading Israeli forces. 1983
Beirut Marine Bombing
400
The war was the single greatest calamity to occur in seventeenth-century Puritan New England. In the space of little more than a year, twelve of the region's towns were destroyed and many more damaged, the colony's economy was all but ruined. It would lead to greater British attention and change that came with the Great Revolution.
What is King Phillip's War
400
In what document did President George Washington called for the United States to avoid political parties and to stay neutral from Europena conflicts?
What is Washington's Farewell Address
400
Also known as the Pigs and Beans War, this war was an undeclared border confrontation between the United States and United Kingdom over the border disputes of Canada and Maine. 1838
What is the Aristook War
400
This is the name of the Phillipine insurgent leader that lead to the deployment of American troops into the Phillipines and became a costly war.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo
400
During the Vietnam War, General Westmoreland employed this action to replace American troops with US-trained South Vietnamese soldiers and to provide them with equipment to follow with a new scheduled pull-out.
What is Vietnamization
500
This conflict was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes primarily from the Great Lakes Region who were dissatisfied with British post-French and Indian War policies.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion
500
This treaty in 1795 between the United States and Britain was supported by George Washington and Alexander Hamilton because it avoided war with Britain and encouraged commerce
What is Jay's Treaty
500
This treaty between the United States and Britain ending the War of 1812 took place in Belgium. The treaty largely restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum.
What is the Treaty of Ghent
500
It was this nation that was unable to pay off its debt to Great Britain and Germany which led to naval action from Great Britain and Germany and the response of the United States's in the form of a blockade.
What is Venezuela
500
This invasion in 1983 was sparked by a bloody coup, clear soviet presence on the ground, and US medical students held hostage. The military government of Hudson Austin was deposed and replaced by a government appointed by Governor-General Paul Scoon until elections were held in 1984.
What is the Invasion of Grenada