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The New Republic
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Washington D.C. is chosen as the nation's capital.
In 1783 Congress decided to create a new capital apart from any state, and in 1787 the framers of the Constitution provided for a capital district. -
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin on March 14 1794. -
Louisiana Purchase
A territory of the western United States extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains between the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian border. It was purchased from France on April 30, 1803, for $15 million and officially explored by the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806). Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/louisiana-purchase#ixzz1GKKaaXHS -
Northern States ban slavery
Through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 under the Congress of the Confederation, slavery was prohibited in the territories north west of the Ohio River. By 1804, abolitionists succeeded in passing legislation that would eventually (in conjunction with the 13th amendment) emancipate the slaves in every state north of the Ohio River and the Mason-Dixon Line. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
In May, 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory. -
Fulton develops a powerful steamboat engine.
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Erie Canal is built.
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles (584 km) from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
The National Road is built to West Virginia
The first contract for road construction was awarded to Henry McKinley on May 8, 1811[1], and construction began later that year. The road reached Wheeling on August 1, 1818. -
US Gains Florida from Spain
The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819,[1] also known as the Transcontinental Treaty or the Purchase of Florida was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and New Spain (now Mexico). -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.
