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February 2 – The Articles of Confederation are ratified by Maryland, the 13th and final state to do so. February 24 – Pyle's Massacre; March 1 – The United States Continental Congress implements the Articles of Confederation, forming its Perpetual Union as the United States in Congress Assembled.
August 9 – The abolitionist Free Soil Party is founded by former president, Martin Van Buren in Buffalo, New York. August 14 – Oregon Territory is established. August 19 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. [1] The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.
July 4 – The United States centennial is celebrated. August 1 Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state (see History of Colorado). Senate votes to acquit former Secretary of War William W. Belknap of all impeached charges relating to the trader post scandal. August 2 – Wild Bill Hickok is killed during a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota.
August 6 – Thomas Seay is reelected the 27th governor of Alabama defeating W. T. Ewing. August 10 – Lynching of Amos Miller: 23-year-old African American farmhand Amos Miller is hanged by a mob from the balcony of Williamson County Courthouse (Franklin, Tennessee). August 25 – William Seward Burroughs patents the adding machine.
August 2. National Coloring Book Day. National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. August 3. Clean Your Floors Day. National Watermelon Day. August 4. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. National White Wine ...
January 10 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation. January 31 – The Treaty of Fort Finney, is signed on January 31, 1786, between the United States and certain leaders of the Shawnee. March 26 – Columbia, South Carolina is chartered as the first planned city in the United States.