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Ben Franklin helped form the American Abolitionist Society in Philadelphia.
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The NW ordinance was passed, esablishing rights for NW settlers, outlawing slaves, and encouraging education.
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George Washington was elected the 1st president of the United States of America.
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Benjamin Franklin dies
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Vermont becomes the 14th state!
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Kentucky becomes the 15th state!
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Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. The cotton gin made things much easier for farmers who grew cotton, but sadly, also made slaves VERY valuable to plantation owners again.
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John Adams becomes the 2nd president of the United States of America
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Tennessee becomes the 16th state!
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of laws passed by congress under John Adams presidency. The first was passed June 18th 1798, the last July 14th 1798.
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1st president and overall important historical figure George Washington dies in 1799.
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Thomas Jefferson becomes the 3rd presedent of the U.S.
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Nathanial Bowditch wrote The New American Practical Navigator.
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Ohio becomes the 17th state!
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Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana territory from Napoleon in 1803. The land consisted of 828,000 square miles.
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Merriweather Lewis and William Clark set out on a expedition into the Louisiana Teritory.
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Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
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The importation of slaves to the U.S was banned as of January 1st 1808.
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James Madison becomes the 4th president of the United States of America
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Louisiana -finally- becomes the 18th state!
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The war of 1812 was in, well, 1812. Okay it started in 1812 and lasted a few years, ending in 1815.
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The Battle of Horseshoe Bend started in 1814. It started because Andrew Jackson was acting incompetently and was being very ignorant. VERY.
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Francis Scott Key wrote the poem The Star Spangled Banner in 1814, to celebrate defeating the British forces in Baltimore.
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The war of 1812 was in, well, 1812. Okay it started in 1812 and lasted a few years, ending in 1815.
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Indiana becomes the 19th state!
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James Monroe becomes the 5th president of the United States of America
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Mississippi becomes the 20th state!
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Illinois becomes the 21st state!
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Spain sells Florida for $15 million.
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Alabama becomes the 22nd state!
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The Missori Compromise states that there will be no slave states above the Missori line.
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Maine becomes the 23rd state!
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Missouri becomes the 24th state!
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John Quincy Adams, son of 2nd president John Adams became president in 1825.
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The Erie Canal is completed!
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Both 2nd president John Adams and 3rd president Thomas Jefferson die on the anniversary of becoming a country. A very sad coincidence.
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Unfortunatly, Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th president of the United States of America.
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Andrew Jackson's Indian removal act was passed in 1830.
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Arkansas becomes the 25th state!
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Michigan becomes the 26th state!
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Martin Van Buren was president from 1837-1841
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Artist John James Audubon finishes his series of drawings, Birds of America. It took twelve years to complete.* *I could not find an exact date so I just put January 1st. Just keep that in mind.
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William Henry Harrison was the first president to die in office. He died because he acted in a very foolish manner. He talked for a very long time when he became president, in very cold weather, and refused to put on a coat. Because of that he died in April (on eather the 4th or 5th) only a month after his presidency began.
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John Tyler was the 10th president of the US, and served from 1841-45. One notable thing about him is he didn't have a vice president
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Florida becomes the 27th state!
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James Polk was president from 1845 to 1849.
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James Marshall found GOLD at Sutter's Mill
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Seneca Falls was the 1st women's rights convention. It began on July 19th.
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Zachary Taylor was president for just over a year before he reached his demise.
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Matthew Perry, a sailor from Newport, Rhode Island traveled to Japan.
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The Civil War started in 1861, and lasted until 1865. Confederate solgers fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston South Carolina. Despite the name, this war was pretty much anything BUT civil.
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The Civil War started in 1861, and lasted until 1865. General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia. Despite the name, this war was pretty much anything BUT civil.
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Louisa May Alcott published the 1st volume of Little Women. The 2nd volume was published the next year.
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Sojouner Truth, a former slave, abolitionist, and women's rights activist, dies in 1883.
