1800-1876

By nicholasvalle
  • thomas jefferson elected president

    thomas jefferson elected president

  • congress declares war on england

    congress declares war on england

    war starts
  • war of 1812

    war of 1812

    the war of 1812
  • white house burned

    white house burned

    english forces burn down the white house
  • florida purchased from spain

    florida purchased from spain

    florida added to united states
  • monroe doctrine

    monroe doctrine

    a principle of US policy, originated by President James Monroe in 1823, that any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americas is a potentially hostile act against the US
  • us-mexican war

    us-mexican war

    us and mexico war happens
  • abraham lincoln elected president.

    abraham lincoln elected president.

    abe lincoln becomes president
  • civil war begins

    civil war begins

    civil war begins in u.s
  • gettysburg address

    gettysburg address

    abraham lincol delivers his famous speach