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Electors votes open
February 11. The electors' votes for president are officially opened and counted in Congress. -
Jefferson elected
February 17, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson is elected president and Aaron Burr becomes vice president. -
Louisiana Purchase
January 18. Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis, Jefferson's private secretary, begins planning the expedition, which forms late in 1803. -
Louisiana Capture
January 17 Aaron Burr is captured near New Orleans, Louisiana and tried with treason. -
New slave state
Alabama is atmitted as a slave state. This edition brought the number of free and slave states to equal. -
Erie Canal completed
Major transportation achievement which made New York and New York City ascend commercially. -
Jefferson dies
Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is eighty-three years old. -
Jackson era
Jackson was elected. This election was a very harsh one with both representative throwing shade. This was also the election of the corrupt bargain -
The Road to Freedom
The underground railroad was established -
Down goes the market
The depression begins with "the 1837 panic". -
First of Many
The first telegraph message is sent by Samuel Morse from Washington to Baltimore. -
Mexo-american war
After santa ana is overthrown a war with Mexico sparks -
Uncle Tom's
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published on this day, a book that would have a massive impact in society. -
Brown's Raid
John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry was to try to initiate a slave army rebellion. This idea of an enslaved population rising up was quickly shot down be the slave owners. -
Abraham Lincoln
The man most associated with freeing slaves is elected and put into office. -
Bull Run
The Union last its second Battle at Bull Run -
Surrendered
General Lee surrenders and hands over the war. -
Death at the opera
Lincoln is shot and killed in the theatre while attending a show. -
Ratification
The 15th amendment is ratified giving the right to vote to blacks but now women. -
Jim Crow
Jim Crow laws were enacted in Tennessee, causing massive segrigation, Federal troops were sent to Vicksburg to protect blacks.