American History 1800-1876

  • United States Capital

    United States Capital
    The United States Capital is moved to Washington D.C. and then later in this year on November 17th the congress meets in Washington for the first time.
  • Third President

    Third President
    Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated the third president of the United States of America.
  • Luisiana Purchase

    Luisiana Purchase
    The United States Buys the area west of the Mississippi from Napoleon who was fighting a war and needed money. This almost doubled the size of the United States.
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark
    Lewis and Clark set out to Oregon and explore the rest of the united states sent out by the president.
  • Jefferson Round Two

    Jefferson Round Two
    Thomas Jefferson is elected for his second term as president.
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark
    Lewis and Clark finally reach the Pacific ocean.
  • Battle of 1812

    Battle of 1812
    The British were getting in the way of the US trading ships and were trying to prevent them from expanding westward.
  • Indian removal act

    Indian removal act
    This was a presidential order signed by Jackson saying that all natives had to move west of the Mississippi river. 50,000 natives lost their homes.
  • Slave Revolution

    Slave Revolution
    Nat turner and 80 other slaves found weapons and went from farm to farm killing people. He ans some of his men were caught and killed and then even stricter laws were put on slaves.
  • Trail of tears

    Trail of tears
    15,000 natives were forced to move to Oklahoma the journey and disease killed 4,000 of them.
  • Emancipation proclamation

    Emancipation proclamation
    The president Abraham Lincoln announces that anyone in the united states that is a slave is now free.