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The capital of the U.S. was moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC.
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For $15 million, the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French, doubling the size of the U.S.
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The United States declares war on Britain because of maritime interference. Ended with the Treaty of Ghent.
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Written by Francis Scott Key during the attack on Fort McHenry, it later became the national anthem of the U.S.
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Henry Clay makes a compromise to balance the power of free and slave states. Missouri and Maine will be admitted as slave and free state respectively and slavery will be prohibited above the 36-30 line.
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Andrew Jackson signs this act which authorizing the president to grant the land west of the Mississippi to Indians in exchange for land east of the Mississippi.
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An African American preacher leads a slave uprising marching from plantation to plantation killing men, women, and children. Stricter slave laws result from this.
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Native Americans were forced to march 1,000 miles to Oklahoma where around a forth of the Cherokee population died.
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William Henry Harrison is elected president but dies one month into his presidency. His vice president, John Tyler, succeeds him.
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The gold rush begins in California after it is discovered at Sutter's Mill.
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Died unexpectedly one year into his presidency. Succeeded by Millard Fillmore.
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Assassinated just after he was inaugurated for his second term, he passed the Emancipation Proclamation granting citizenship to former slaves.
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The growing divide between the North and South over the issues of slavery, economy, politics, and others broke out into war where around 620,000 Americans died.
