US History Battles Review

Battle/Significant War Year Outcome People Involved

War Event
French and Indian French and 1760s England won. Gained British and
War Indian War land from France. French
Helped lead to into
taxes that led to
Revolution.
Treaty of Paris 1763 Not a Battle 1763 England gained land France and
from France Great Britain

Crossing the 1770s Captured German George

Delaware hessian soldiers Washington
American sleeping. Victory for
Revolution Continental Army
*Known as the Battle
of Trenton
Valley Forge Not a battle but Winter Place where -Washington
part of Washington and his
American troops trained with -Marquise de
Revolution French help Lafayette

-Baron von
Steuben
Lexington and American 1700s First shots of Minutemen and
Concord Revolution American Revolution British
Saratoga American 1700s Turning Point in the France
Revolution Revolution.
Continental win,
France joins on
American side
Battle of Yorktown American 1700s Last battle of Continental
Revolution Revolution Army
Cornwallis was Britain
cornered by the French
Continental army (George
with the French out Washington and
in the ocean LORD
CORNWALLIS
Treaty of Paris 1783 Not a Battle Ended War on paper America and
1783 and gave America Great Britain
 Independence
Battle of New War of 1812 1814 After war was Andrew Jackson
Orleans actually over.
Americans defeat
British.
NATIONALISM
Fort Sumter Civil War 1861 First shots of Civil Union and
War Confederacy

Antietam 1860s Bloodiest One Day Union and

Civil War Battle Confederacy
Led to Emancipation
Proclamation
Vicksburg 1860s Split the South in half Union and
Civil War at Mississippi River Confederacy

Gettysburg 1860s Worst battle, most Union and

death Confederacy
Civil War Gettysburg Address (Stonewall
followed Jackson died,
Last time the south but had he lived
ever invaded the the south may
North have won)
Battle for Atlanta Civil War 1860s Siege on Atlanta. William
Atlanta burned Sherman
down.
Appomattox 1860s Lee surrendered Lee and Grant
Courthouse Civil War (not South to Grant
battle) (union) at
Appomattox
Courthouse
War in the 1890s Philippines annexed Spanish
Philippines Spanish by America from America
American War Spain. Philippines

Explosion of the 1890s USS Maine (a ship) Spain

Maine Spanish exploded in Havana America
American War Harbor and started Cuba
the war

14 Points Not a Battle 1900s

 WWI Wilson’s Plan to keep Woodrow
peace after WWI. Wilson
Only League of
Nations came out of
it
Lend-lease Program 1940s Gave help to allies in America to
Not a Battle WWII without Great Britain
WWII getting in WWII yet.

Battle of Midway 1940s Turning point battle America v Japan

WWII for Allies/America
during WWII in the
PACIFIC
D-Day 1940s Allied invasion of Allies
WWII France Axis
Operation Overlord
Fall of Berlin 1940s Ended War in Germany
WWII Europe.
VE (Victory in
Europe) Day.
Pearl Harbor WWII December Japan bombed Japan, America
7th 1941 America
YOU HAVE
TO KNOW
THIS DAY
Korean War Korean War 1950s US aided South Korea (north
(Part of Cold Korea fight and south) US
War issues) communist North and China
Korea
38th Parallel
Vietnam War Vietnam War 1960s and US Aided South Vietnam and
70s Vietnam against America
Communist North
Vietnam. US
withdrew
Tet Offensive 60s and 70s Surprise attack by Vietcong
Vietnam War North Vietnamese on
US bases
September 11th War on Terror 2001 Started War on Osama bin
Terror, Twin Towers Laden
and Pentagon struck
 by terror attack
Afghanistan/Iraq War on Terror Searching out Bush
2000s terrorists