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Gabriel Prosser was an enslaved African American Blacksmith. He organized a revolt and planned to attack upon Richmond, Virginia. Although the attack was caught before it was started, Gabriel and twenty-seven other blacks were publicly hanged.
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The Capital of the U.S. moved from Philadelphia, Virginia to Washington DC.
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third President of the United States of America in Washington D.C.
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The Supreme Court decided that the Court had the right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
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The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for fifteen million dollars. This caused the United States to almost double in size.
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Lewis and Clark started to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean on May 14th,1804. They arrived at the Pacific Ocean on November 15,1805.
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James Madison was inaugurated as the fourth president of the United States.
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War between England and the United States because England was interfering with American trade.
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During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the White House.
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Sir Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner as he watched the British attack Fort McHenry.
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This treaty ended the War of 1812.
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James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States of America.
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This treaty caused Spain to give Florida to the United States and define the boundary between the United States and New Spain.
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This compromise was made to try to create a balance between slave and free states. Maine was admitted as a free state, and Missouri was admitted as a slave state. This compromise also stated that land north of the latitude 36 degrees 30' in the Louisiana Territory will be admitted as free states.
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President Monroe stated that the American continents are off-limits for more colonization by the European countries.
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John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president of the United States.
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The construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started. This was the first public railroad in the United States.
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Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as the seventh President of the United States.
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President Jackson signed this act that allows for Native Americans to be moved by force.
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Turner led a slave rebellion in Virginia that killed about sixty people.
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The Liberator was a weekly paper that was published by William Lloyd Garrison. This newspaper advocated for the end of slavery.
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
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Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as the eighth President of the United States.
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Cherokee Indians were forced to leave their homes in Georgia to go to Oklahoma. About four thousand Cherokees died from disease and starvation on the journey.
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William Henry Harrison was inaugurated as the ninth President of the United States. He died shortly after.
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John Tyler was inaugurated as the tenth President of the United States.
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James Polk was inaugurated as the eleventh President of the United States.
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Texas was annexed into the United States.
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The United States declared war on Mexico in order to gain California and Southwest territory
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Gold is discovered in California on Sutter's Mill. This started the Gold Rush.
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Zachary Taylor was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
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Millard Fillmore was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a runaway slave who helped with the Underground Railroad.
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Franklin Pierce was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
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James Buchanan was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates were seven debates about slavery and its expansion into territories.
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Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
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The Civil War was fought between the northern and southern states of the United States. The war began mostly because of disagreements about slavery and black people.
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Andrew Johnson was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
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President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth during a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
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Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the President of the United States.
