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Erie Canal Construction
The Erie Canal was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Jefferson found the University of Virginia
The University of Virginia, frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public-private research university founded by Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson and located in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
American Temperance Society Founded
The American Temperance Society, also known as the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was a society established on February 13, 1826 in Boston, MA. -
First Railroad in the US
On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight. -
Cyrus McCormick invents Mechanical Reaper
Cyrus McCormick invented another significant agricultural invention that revolutionized farming: the mechanical reaper. Prior to this invention, reaping was a painstaking process (done by hand with a scythe) that limited a farm's harvest. -
John Deere Develops Steel Plow
The steel plow was used in farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck in it. -
Harrison Died
William Henry Harrison dies after being in office for four weeks. He got pnuemonia from giving a speech in the cold -
Aroostook War
The Aroostook War was a confrontation in 1838–1839 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the international boundary between the British colony of New Brunswick and the US state of Maine. -
Potato Famine in Ireland
The Great Famine or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. -
U.S. Annexes Texas
The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848. During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. -
Mexican War
A war between the U.S. and Mexico resulting in the defeat of Mexico and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north. -
Walker Tariff
The Walker Tariff was enacted by the Democrats, and made substantial cuts in the high rates of the "Black Tariff" of 1842. -
Battle of Buena Vista
The Battle of Buena Vista, also known as the Battle of Angostura, saw the United States Army use artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican Army in the Mexican–American War. -
Free Soil Party Organized
The Free Soil Party was a short-lived political party in the United States active in the 1848 and 1852 presidential elections. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
