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Second Great Awakening began
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Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
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Thomas Jefferson is elected president
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Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area -
Louisiana Purchase
US purchase of Louisiana from France -
Marbury v Madison
supreme court case on judicial review -
Beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States -
Embargo Act
law passed by US that prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Naval Battle off the coast of Norfolk -
James Madison elected President
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Non-intercourse Act
replaced embargo act and was unenforceable -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
between US and United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the great lakes -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
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Death of Tecumseh
American Chief killed in the war of 1812 -
Francis Cabot Lowell smuggled memorized textile mill plans from Manchester, England
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British Burn Washington DC
British attack against Washington, D.C. -
Battle of New Orleans
last major battle of the War of 1812 -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
peace negotiation ended the war of 1812 -
Hartford Convention
New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the War of 1812 and the political problems -
End of the War of 1812
US vs United Kingdom -
Era of good feeling began
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James Monroe Elected President
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Anglo-American Convention
treaty regarding fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States -
Adams-Onis Treaty
US buys Florida from Spain and defines the line between US territory and New Spain -
McCulloch v Maryland
passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank -
Dartmouth College V Woodward
a landmark decision in United States corporate law from the United States Supreme Court -
Panic of 1819
first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States followed by a general collapse of the American economy -
Missouri Compromise
passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
black carpenter who bought his freedom planned a mass slave revolt -
Monroe Doctrine
United States policy of opposing European colonialism in The Americas -
Gibbons v Ogden
New York state law gave to individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction -
John Quincy Adams elected president
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Erie Canal completed
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Robert Owen founded the New Harmony Community
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Charles B. Finney Lead the religious revivals in western New York
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Lyman Beecher delivered his "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
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Horace Mann elected secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
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Tariff of Abominations
designed to protect industry in the northern United States -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
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Catherine Beecher published essays on the education of female teachers
she was a school teacher -
Indian Removal Act
law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands -
Joseph Smith founded the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
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Nullification Crisis began
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Black Hawk War
a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader -
Worcester v Georgia
United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-charter of the second bank of the United States
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Creation of the Whig Party in the US
by Henry Clay -
Treaty of Echota
ceded Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for compensation -
Andrew Jackson issued Specie Circular
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Battle of the Alamo
pivotal event in the Texas Revolution -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
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First McGuffey reader published
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Transcendental Club's first meeting
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Martin Van Buren elected President
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Panic of 1837
a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s -
Trail of Tears began
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Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
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Webster -Ashburton Treaty
treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
a diplomatic agreement between Qing-dynasty China and the United States -
US annexation of Texas
President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date -
Start of the Mexican War
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Bear Flag Revolt
short-lived independence rebellion precipitated by American settlers in California's Sacramento Valley against Mexican authorities -
Gold Rush Began in California
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic -
John Humphrey Noyes founded the Oneida community
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James Polk Elected President
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Henry David Thoreau published Civil Disobedience
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Gadsden Purchase
present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased -
Commodore Matthew Perry entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the US
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Kanagawa Treaty
first treaty between the United States of America and the Tokugawa Shogunate
