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Thomas Jefferson is elected president
Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president of the United States of America. He’s known for his role in writing the Declaration of Independence and foreign service. -
James Madison is elected president
James Madison is inaugurated as the fourth president of the United States of America. He is known as the “Father of the Constitution” and for his pivotal role in the creating and editing of the U.S. Constitution. -
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 consisted of conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain because of their interference with U.S. trade and imprisonment of seamen. Britain won the war, successfully defending its colonies. -
James Monroe is elected president
James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States of America. He’s known for strengthening American foreign policy through the “Monroe Doctrine” and for acquiring Florida from Spain in 1819. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a federal legislation that allowed there to be a healthy balance between the amount of slave and non-slave states. It addressed the growing sectional tensions over slavery. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a foreign policy that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It warned European nations against further colonization or interfering with affairs in the Western Hemisphere. -
John Quincy Adams is elected president
John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president of the United States of America. He’s known for breaking ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal and urging the U.S. to take a lead in the financing of scientific expeditions. -
Andrew Jackson is elected president
Andrew Jackson is inaugurated seventh president of the United States of America. He paid off national debt, gained new lands for America and issued a new currency. -
Texas declares its independence from Mexico
Texas declares independence from Mexico in the Battle of San Jacinto as they wanted freedom of religion and to establish cotton plantations using slave labor. They gained independence through -
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Mexican War
The Mexican War was between Mexican and American troops and stemmed from disputes on whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande. The United States won the war and Mexico was stripped of half of its territory.