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The Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, were the first major military actions between the British Army and Patriot militias from British -
The winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778) was a critical period for George Washington's Continental Army -
Benedict Arnold turned traitor by plotting to surrender the key American fortress at West Point to the British in exchange for money and a command in the British army, a plot that was discovered in September 1780 -
The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781 -
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere was a battle between an American and British ship during the War of 1812, about 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place on the 19th of August 1812, one month after the war's first engagement between British and American forces. -
The Battle of Baltimore took place between British and American forces on September 12–14, 1814, during the War of 1812. Defending American forces repulsed -
The Battle of New Orleans was a pivotal battle of the War of 1812, fought on January 8, 1815, where American forces, led by Andrew Jackson, achieved a decisive victory against a superior British force -
Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 31 to December 2, 1828. Just as in the 1824 election, -
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution -
Mexico ceded large parts of its territory, including present-day California, New Mexico, and most of Arizona, to the United States under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which officially ended the Mexican-American War in 1848 -
On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the first Republican president. His victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West. No ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states. -
South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860 -
The First Battle of Bull Run (or First Manassas) was the first major land battle of the American Civil War, fought on July 21, 1861, in Virginia -
T he Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War -
The "Treaty at Appomattox" refers to the April 9, 1865, surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant -
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898, due to an internal accident, likely involving a coal bunker fire, not a mine as initially believed. -
The Battle of the Philippines during the Spanish-American War primarily refers to the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898 -
The Star-Spangled Banner" became the U.S. national anthem after Congressman John Linthicum introduced a bill in 1929, which President Herbert Hoover signed into law on March 3, 1931