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Thomas Jefferson Elected
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States of America and the start of Jeffersonian Democracy begins. -
Louisianna Purchase
Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisianna territory and doubled the size of America -
War of 1812
America showed they wouldn't be bullied by the stronger countries anymore. -
McCulloch vs Maryland
The Supreme court made the decision that state law could not override a national law. -
Missouri Compromise
Law that determines that all states below the southern border of Missouri will be slave states and all states above that line will be free states. -
Andrew Jackson Elected
Ends the era of good feelings and the starts Jacksonian Democracy. -
The Liberator Begins Publication
Newspaper published in the North talking about the horrors of slavery and why the North needs to stop slavery. -
Nullification Crisis
South Carolina did not like a couple taxes and tarriffs so they say they won't abide by the tariffs but then Andrew Jackson tells them they have to. -
Democracy in America Published
A couple of French guys report to France about Americas political system and it gets published as a book. -
Emerson publishes Self-Reliance
An essay about how people need to avoid conformity. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Allowed Southern slave owners to hunt down slaves that ran to the northern free states -
Uncle Tom's Cabin published
A fictional novel that realistically describes slavery in the south causing northerners to want to stop slavery in the south. -
Thoreau Publishes Walden
A book about living in nature and having a simple life away from the technology. -
Frederick Douglas publishes his Auto Biography
The first Black man to Write a book that showed that he was educated. -
Leaves of Grass published
A collection of poems that show Whitman's liking of philosophy -
Dred Scott Decision
The supreme court ruled that slaves could not sue. -
John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry
A white man thought he was charged by God with leading a slave revolution so he takes over a military arsenal hoping the slaves would hear about it and join him. -
Civil War Begins
The beginning of Americas first civil war. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected
Angers the south when he is elected and is the reason why the first southern states secede.
