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Declaration of Independence
Politics
The Declaration of Independance was a document stating colonial grievances and their separation from Great Britain.
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Revolutionary War End
Society
The United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolution. The Americans won and thus, gain their independance.
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Constitution Adopted
Politics
The United States Constitution is a document designed to protect our freedoms and a statement of the people and state's rights. It was adopted after the Articles of Confederation proved to be faulty.
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Cotton Gin Invented
Innovation
Created by Eli Whitney, the cotton gin automated the process of separating cottonseed from cottonfiber. Unfortunately, this meant cotton was needed to be harvested faster, requiring the work of more slaves.
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Election of 1800
Politics
Campaign for presidency where John Adams (Federalist) went up against Thomas Jefferson (Demo-Rep). The outcome of this election was Jefferson becoming the president. This became an important election as it demonstrated a smooth transation of power from Federalist to Democratic-Republican.
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Louisiana Purchace
Expansion
Thomas Jefferson buys the Louisiana Territory for $15 Million from France, doubling the United States' size
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Embargo Act
Society
President Thomas Jefferson's nonviolent response to Great Britain and France's fighting by cutting off all exports from the US. Originally intended to appear as not siding with either country but only resulted in angering the two and hurting the US economy.
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Missouri Compromise 1820
Slavery
In this compromise, Congress allowed Missouri to become a slave state. At the same time, an imaginary line was drawn across the Louisiana Territory. This kept a balance between slave states and free states.
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Slavery and Abolition
slavery
starting in the 1820's, abolition; the movement to free African Americans from slavery, had begun to take place. After the Missouri Compromise, there were revolts against slavery, articles written about slavery, and even people going and freeing slaves secretly.
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Telegraph and Morse Code
Innovation
Created by Samuel Morse, the telegraph revolutionized long distance communication. He came up with a series of dashes and dots for each letter of the alphabet to send messages with (morse code).
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Trail of Tears
Society
President Andrew Jackson oversaw the removal of about as many as 125,000 Native Americans across millions of arces of land. During this journey, about as many as a quarter of them die. This harsh journey became known as the Trail of Tears.
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Texas Annexation
Expansion
The US annexed Texas as it's 28th state which also led to being involed in it's border disbute with Mexico. This later led to the Mexican American War.
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Mexican Cession
Expansion
The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War. This treaty recognized Texas as a US state and ceded a large plot of land (the Mexican Cession) to the US for 15 million dollars .
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Pony Express
Innovation
Founded by William H. Russell, William B. Waddell, and Alexander Majors, the Pony Express was created to provide a fster form of transport in the west. It consisted of men riding horses and carrying saddlebags to deliver mail
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Civil War Begins
Slavery
in 1861, the tensions between the Northern and Southern United States over slavery finally burst. Due to anti-slavery Abraham Lincoln being elected, many southern states ceceded and the nation was thrown into war.
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