Wars & Treaties

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French & Indian War

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The French & Indians fought against the

British; part of the Seven Year's War

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War of 1812

Back 2

Caused by impressment of US citizens;

resulted in a greater nationalism and

growth in American industry

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Lexington & Concord

Back 3

First battle of the American Revolution

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Saratoga

Back 4

Turning point of the American Revolution

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Valley Forge

Back 5

Harsh winter when the troops were trained

to be an army

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Yorktown

Back 6

Last major battle of Revolutionary War;

the French helped General Washington

defeat General Cornwallis

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Treaty of Paris, 1783

Back 7

Ended the Revolutionary War and Britain

recognized the United States as a nation

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Treaty of Paris, 1763

Back 8

Ended the French & Indian War

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Fort Sumter

Back 9

Confederacy fired upon the Union fort; it was

the beginning of the Civil War

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Antietam

Back 10

First time the Confederate army invaded the

north (Maryland) resulted in the bloodiest

single day of the Civil War

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Bull Run

Back 11

Manassas, VA was the site of the first

major battle of the Civil War; Stonewall

Jackson was the hero of this battle for

the Confederacy

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Vicksburg

Back 12

Siege of the last major Confederate fort on

the Mississippi River split the Confederacy

in two

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Gettysburg

Back 13

Second time General Lee invaded the North

resulted in the deadliest battle of the Civil

War; it is considered the Turning Point

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Appomattox Courthouse

Back 14

Lee surrendered to Grant ensuring the end

of the Civil War; Grant offered a treaty with

generous terms

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Sherman's March to the Sea

Back 15

Total Warfare was waged on the citizens of

Georgia as Union troops wiped out

everything in their path from Atlanta to

Savannah, Georgia

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Emancipation Proclamation

Back 16

After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln declared

that all the slaves in the rebelling states (the

Confederacy) were free

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Election of 1860

Back 17

The South threatened to secede if Lincoln won; he did win and the South seceded.

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John Wilkes Booth

Back 18

Assassinated President Lincoln in Ford's Theatre

a week after the Civil War ended