Chronology

1765.	Parliament passes the Stamp Act.
1766.	Stamp Act repealed and Declaratory Act passed.
1767.	Duties placed on glass, paper, paints, and tea.
1768.	English troops land in Boston.
1770.	Boston Massacre, March 3rd.
1773.	All duties repealed but that on tea. Boston Tea Party.
1774.	Boston port closed. First Continental Congress.
1775.	Second Continental Congress. Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19th. Washington appointed Commander-in-chief. Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17th.
1776.	British evacuate Boston, March 17th. Declaration of Independence signed, July 4th. Battle of Long Island, August 22nd. Washington's retreat across New Jersey. Battle of Trenton, December 26th.
1777.	Battle of Princeton, January 3rd. Washington's army at Morristown. Battle of Beoniogton, August 16th. Battle of Brandywine, September 11th. Battle of Bemis Heights, September 19th. Howe enters Philadelphia. Battle of Germantown, October 4th. Battle of Stillwater, October 7th. Burgoyne's surrender, October 11th. Washington's ariuy at Valley Forge.
1778.	France acknowledges America's independence. British leave Philadelphia. Battle of Monmouth, June 28th. Savannah captured, December 29th.
1779.	Paul Jones captures the Serapis, September 23rd.
1780.	Fall of Charleston, May 12th. Battle of Camden, August 16th. Arnold's treason. Battle of King's Mountain, October 7th.
1781.	Battle of Cowpens, January 17th. Greene's retreat north through the Carolinas. Battle of Guilford Court House, March 16th. Cornwallis in Virginia. British surrender at Yorktown, October 19th.
1783.	Treaty of peace with England.
1787.	Federal convention frames the Constitution.
1789-1797.	Washington, President.
1791.	United States Bank established.
1792.	United States Mint established.
1793.	Whitney invents the cotton gin.
1797-1801.	John Adams, President.
1800.	City of Washington becomes the National Capital.
1801-1809.	Jefferson, President.
1801-1805.	War with Tripoli.
1803.	Purchase of Louisiana.
1804.	Lewis and Clarke Expedition.
1807.	Fulton launches the Clermont.
1812.	War declared against England.
1813.	Battle of Lake Erie, September 10th.
1814.	Battle of Plattsburg, September 11th. Treaty of Ghent.
1815.	Battle of New Orleans, January 8th.
1819.	First Steamship crosses the Atlantic.
1820.	Missouri compromise.
1824.	Lafayette visits America.
1825.	Opening of the Erie Canal.
1830.	Opening of the first steam railway.
1834.	McCormick invents the reaper.
1844.	Morse sends the first telegraph message.
1845.	Texas annexed.
1846.	Elias Howe patents the sewing machine. War declared against Mexico. Battle of Monterey, September 24th.
1847.	Fall of the City of Mexico, September 14th. Richard M. Hoe invents a type-revolving rotary-printing press.
1848.	Treaty of peace with Mexico.
1850.	Omnibus Bill.
1854.	The Kansas-Nebraska bill.
1857.	Dred Scott decision.
1858.	First Atlantic cable laid.
1859.	John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, October 16th.
1860.	Secession of South Carolina.
1861.	Confederacy formed.
1861-1865.	Civil War.
1861-1865.	Lincoln, President.
1861.	Fort Sumter fired upon, April 12th. Norfolk Navy Yard seized, April 20th. Battle of Bull Run, July 21st.
1862.	Attack on Fort Henry, February 6th. Attack on Fort Donelson, February 16th. Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, March 9th. Battle of Shiloh, April 6th-7th. Farragut takes New Orleans, April 25th. Lee takes command of the Confederate army. Seven Days' battles, June 26th - July 1st. Pope's campaign in Virginia, August. Second battle of Bull Run, August 30th. Battle of Antietam, September 17th. Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13th.
1863.	Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, January 1st. Battle of Cliancellorsville, May 2rd-3rd. Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st-3rd. Fall of Vicksburg, July 4th. Capture of Port Hudson, July 9th. Siege of Chattanooga, October-November.
1864.	Grant made Lieutenant, General. Campaign in the Wilderness. Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd. Battle between the Kcarsargc and the Alabama, June 19th. Destruction of the Albemarle, October. Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th. Sherman takes Atlanta, September 2nd. Sherman takes Savannah, December 22nd.
1865.	Capture of Petersburg, April 2nd. Grant takes Richmond, April 3rd. Lee's surrender, April 9th. Assassination of Lincoln, April 14th.
1866.	Second Atlantic cable laid.
1869-1877.	Grant, President.
1869.	Pacific Railroad completed, May 10th.
1871.	All states again represented in Congress.
1889.	Johnstown flood.
1898.	Destruction of the Maine, Febmary 15th. War with Spain declared. Battle of Manila Bay, May 1st.
1899.	Treaty of peace with Spain.

Important Wars

NAME	DATES	BETWEEN WHOM	CAUSES	RESULTS
Pequot War.	1637.	Pequot Indians and New England settlers.	Indian jealousy.	Pequot tribe practically destroyed.
King Philip's War.	1675—1676.	Settlers and Indians in New England.	Indian jealousy and desire for revenge.	King Philip was killed. Indian power in New England completely broken.
French and Indian Wars.	1689—1763.	The English and French colonists. The Indians in the main allied themselves with the French. England and France both sent aid to their colonists.	Rival land claims.	Loss of French power in America. Helped to unite the English colonists and taught them to fight together. Created an enormous debt, which ended in the levying of unjust taxes on the colonies by England.
The Revolution.	1775—1783.	England and her American colonies.	England undertook to tax the colonies without their consent.	Independence of the colonies and the formation of the United States of America.
War of 1812	1812–1815.	England and the United States.	England persisted in stopping American ships, seizing American sailors and forcing them to serve under the English flag.	Great Britain was convinced...
Mexican War.	1816—1818.	Mexico and the United States.	Disputes over the boundary between Texas and Mexico.	Texas became the possessor of the disputed territory, and New Mexico and California were ceded to the United States.
Civil War.	1861—1865.	North and South.	Disputes over slavery.	Established the Union and ended the possibility of secession. Freed the negro slaves.
Spanish War.	1898.	United States and Spain.	United States demanded that Spain give Cuba her liberty. Spain refused, and the United States declared war.	Freedom of Cuba. Philippine Islands, Porto Rico, and Guam became possessions of the United States.

The Growth of The United States

TERRITORY ACQUIRED	DATE	HOW ACQUIRED
Territory of Louisiana.	1819.	Purchased from France.
Florida.	1803.	Purchased from Spain.
Texas.	1845.	Annexed.
Oregon country. (Present states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Wyoming and Montana.)	1846.	By treaty with Great Britain.
California & New Mexico.	1848.	By conquest, and the payment of $15,000,000.
Southern New Mexico and southern Arizona (known as the Gadsden Purchase).	1853.	Purchased from Mexico.
Alaska.	1867.	Purchased from Russia.
Hawaii.	1898.	Annexed.
Philippine Islands.	1899.	By conquest and treaty with Spain, involving the payment of $20,000,000.
Porto Rico & Island of Guam.	1899.	By treaty at the close of the Spanish-American War.