1800 - 1876

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    1800 - 1876

    Historical Events Between 1800 and 1876

  • The Capital Moves

    Capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington D.C

  • U.S. Congress

    The Congress meets in D.C. for the first time.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Inaugurated as the third president.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    U.S. pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory.

  • Jefferson Again

    Jefferson's second inauguration.

  • James Madison

    Inaugurated as the fourth president

  • War Strikes

    U.S. declares war on Britain

  • Madison Again

    Second inauguration of Madison.

  • Britain is Back

    British capture Washington, DC, and set fire to White House and Capitol

  • Treaty of Ghent

    Officially ends the war

  • James Monroe

    Inaugurated as the fifth president

  • Florida

    Spain cedes Florida to the U.S.

  • Monroe Again

    Second inauguration of Monroe

  • Monroe Doctrine

    President Monroe declares that the American continents are off-limits for further colonization by European powers.

  • John Quincy

    Inaugurated as the sixth president

  • First Public Railroad

    Construction begins on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

  • Andrew Jackson

    Inaugurated as the seventh president

  • Indian Removal Act

    President Jackson signs the Act which authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans.

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Most significant slave uprising in American History

  • Jackson Again

    Second inauguration of Jackson

  • Texas

    Declares independence from Mexico

  • Martin Van Buren

    Inaugurated as the eighth president

  • Trail of Tears

    More than 15,000 Cherokee Indians are forced to march from Georgia to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.

  • William Henry

    Inaugurated as nineth president

  • John Tyler

    Henry dies and John Tyler takes over

  • James Polk

    Inaugurated as the eleventh president.

  • Mexican War

    War on Mexico to gain California and other southwest territory.

  • Oregon Treaty

    U.S. and Canadian Border is resolved and Oregon is acquired.

  • Mexico Cedes Territory

    For 15 million Mexico agrees recognizes new border and gives up territory.

  • Gold

    Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill in California.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    War Ends

  • Zachary Taylor

    Inaugurated as the 12th president.

  • Millard Fillmore

    Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore takes over.

  • Franklin Pierce

    Inaugurated as the 14th president.

  • Gadsden Purchase treaty

    U.S. acquires border territory from Mexico for $10 million.

  • James Buchanan

    Inaugurated as the 15th president.

  • Abraham Lincoln is Known

    Seven debates with Senator Stephen A. Douglas during Illinois state election campaign.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Elected as president

  • Civil War

    Conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy)

  • Confederate State of America

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Inaugurated as the 16th president.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Freeing slaves in the Confederate states.

  • Lincoln Again

    Second inauguration of Lincoln

  • Assassination

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in D.C.

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Prohibiting slavery.

  • Alaska

    U.S. acquires Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million

  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Inaugurated as the 18th president.

  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Giving blacks the right to vote.

  • Chicago Fire

    300 dead and 90,000 people are homeless

  • Grant Again

    Second inauguration

  • Sioux Indians