1. By: Alli Fancher, Abigale Edwards, Kristian Carmona, and Corrie Barnes

2. Occurred February 23- March 6, 1836 The Mexican army led by Santa Anna made the first advancement toward the Alamo early morning on the 23 rd. Texan army could only take on the first two attacks, by the third they were too weak and did not have enough soldiers to defend any longer. App. 400-600 were killed or wounded through out the battle. In the end the Mexican army gained the victory, but Texans gained an important monument that symbolizes “Remember the Alamo” and all that we lost.

3. The American Civil War, 1861–1865, resulted from long-standing sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789. The civil war officially began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces bombarded the Union controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay Soldiers Engaged Union: over 2,100,000 Confederate: over 1,000,000 Casualties Union: over 350,000 Confederate: over 250,000 Battle of Bull Run Fought on July 21, 1861. It was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory.

4. American civil war. Fought July 1, 2 and 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. Between the two armies they suffered more than 46,000 casualties and at least 12,000 wounded. It was the turning point in the war. Union defeated attacks by the confederate army thus ending Lee’s last attempt to invade the north.

5. JUNE 17, 1775 On June 17, some 2,200 British forces under the command of Major General William Howe (1729-1814) and Brigadier General Robert Pigot (1720-96) landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Breed’s Hill With The Americans’ limited supply of ammunition, reportedly told his men, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” When the Redcoats were within several dozen yards, the Americans let loose with a lethal barrage of musket fire, throwing the British into retreat. After re-forming their lines, the British attacked again, with much the same result. Prescott’s men were now low on ammunition, though, and when the Redcoats went up the hill for a third time, they reached the redoubts and engaged the Americans in hand-to-hand combat. The outnumbered Americans were forced to retreat. Despite losing their strategic positions, the battle was a significant morale-builder for the inexperienced Americans, convincing them that patriotic dedication could overcome superior British military might. Additionally, the high price of victory at the Battle of Bunker Hill made the British Realize that the war with the colonies would be long, tough and costly.