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Industrial Revolution - Clermont Sets Sail
The North River Steamboat, or Clermont, is often regarded as the first boat to use steam propulsion. It was made by Robert Fulton. The ship started to sail on August 17, 1807. It was revolutionary in the transportation world, and was the predecessor to many ships used during the Industrial Revolution. -
Reform Movements - Missouri Compromise
The conflict was that Missouri was entering the United States as a slave state, thereby disrupting the balance. The Tallmadge Amendment proposed that the state be admitted as a slave state, but that it would eventually become a free state. But, in the end, it was decided that Maine would be added as a free state to balance the states out. Then, a line was drawn. All states above that line would enter as free states. All states south of it could enter as slave states. -
Industrial Revolution - Erie Canal Opening
Shipping goods from Buffalo to New York City was difficult. There was no railroad there, and other transportation took at least two weeks. So the state government said to build a canal for shipping instead. Governor Clinton of New York opened the canal, and settlers started to pour in. -
American Culture - Thomas Cole Starts His Career
Thomas Cole, an artist, has his work published in the New York Evening Post. This encouraged him to pursue an art career. He founded the Hudson River School, an art group, in the 1840s. -
American Culture - New York Philharmonic Founded
American conductor Ureli Corelli Hill and Irish composer William Vincent Wallace found the New York Philharmonic, a symphony orchestra. It operated almost as if it were a government. They vote on everything and they divide their proceeds equally. The orchestra still runs today. -
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Immigration - Great Famine
In the 1840s, a potato disease was storming through Europe. However, one of Ireland's main crops is potatoes. When the potatoes died, many Irish did as well. To avoid the famine, many Irish people immigrated to Americ. By 1854, almost 2 million Irish people had moved to America. -
Westward Expansion - Mormons Leave Nauvoo
To escape persecution, the Mormons fled Nauvoo and headed west. Brigham Young said he had seen a vision that told him to head west. This is a good example of Manifest Destiny. -
Immigration - California Gold Discovery
James W. Marshall discovered flakes of gold in Sutter's Mill, a sawmill owned by John Sutter. It was located in Coloma, California. The California Gold Rush attracted about 100,000 immigrants. -
Westward Expansion- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War also gave America a lot of new land, and established the border of Texas. Americans immediately started to immigrate, both to fulfill Manifest Destiny, and to get gold in California. -
Reform Movements - Seneca Falls Convention
This was the first women's rights convention to be held in New York. By some accounts, it is the first women's rights convention ever in America. Here they wrote and signed the Declaration of Sentiments, a declaration based on the Declaration of Independence that outlined the rights of women and how they had been broken by men.
