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Louisiana Purchase was made
Bought from the French, this acquisition made America bigger, stronger, richer and better. Land was abundant, people moved to ideal land to grow specific crops causing the economy to boom. -
International Slave Trade was outlawed
This showed the progression of the world as a whole and helped shrink the industry of slavery outside the U.S. However, slavery in the U.S. continued to boom. -
The War of 1812 began
A conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off neutral trade to France, which the US contested as illegal under international law. To man the blockade, Britain impressed American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy. -
Washington D.C. was burned
Set ablaze by British troops, D.C. was not ready for this attack. However, American troops regrouped and were able to defend their capital and force British troops to Baltimore. -
Joseph Smith claims to have a vision
In Manchester, New York, Smith claims he was given revelations by God that changed Christianity as it was then known. He started the religion of Mormonism and the Latter-Day Saints movement. -
Monroe Doctrine was published
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas. It stated that further efforts by European nations to take control of any independent state in North or South America would be viewed as "the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States." The doctrine noted that the U.S. would recognize and not interfere with existing European colonies and would not meddle in the internal concerns of European countries. -
A revolt led by Nat Turner took place
Nat Turner led a two-day rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia. The rebellion caused the death of approximately sixty white men, women and children. Whites organized militias and called out regular troops to suppress the uprising. In addition, white militias and mobs attacked blacks in the area, killing an estimated 120. The revolt showed was prologue to the brutality of the Civil War -
Texas gains her Independence from Mexico
Just a few months after the Battle of the Alamo, the Battle of San Jacinto was fought in present-day Harris County,Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texan Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. Afterward, Texas was granted her freedom and was one step closer to being annexed as the best state in America.