Battle Of Fort Sumter<span> Summary: The </span>Battle of Fort Sumter<span> was the first </span>battle<span> of the American Civil </span>War<span>. The intense Confederate artillery bombardment of Major Robert Anderson's small Union garrison in the unfinished </span>fort<span> in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, had been preceded by months of </span>siege<span>-like conditions.</span>
Your answer would be George Washington. I studied this not to long ago. ;)
Women gaining the right to vote, slaves getting rights, etc