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Second great awakening began
a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
Gabriel organized a group of 25 slaves to rebel but was betrayed and ultimately the plan failed -
Thomas Jefferson elected President
Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States. The election constitutes the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Marbury vs madison
arguably the most important case in Supreme Court history, was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the principle of "judicial review" -- the power of federal courts to void acts of Congress in conflict with the Constitution. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark expedition
the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States. -
Embargo Act
a law passed by the United State Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson on December 22, 1807. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. -
James Madison elected president
4th U.S. President -
Non-Intercourse act
This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. -
Francis Cabot Lowell smuggled memorized textile mill plans from Manchester, England
smuggled plans for a power loom out of england -
Beginning of manifest destiny
most often associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1860. This era, from the end of the War of 1812 to the beginning of the American Civil War, has been called the "age of manifest destiny". -
Death of Tecumseh
Tecumseh's death marked the end of Indian resistance east of the Mississippi River, and soon after most of the depleted tribes were forced west -
The British burn Washington DC
a British invasion of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. -
Harford Convention
a convention in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing spending -
End of the war of 1812
a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815. -
Battle of New Orleans
fought on Sunday, January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham, and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Peace negotiations began in Ghent, Belgium, starting in August of 1814. After four months of talks, the treaty was signed on December 24, 1814 -
Era of good feeling began
the mood of victory that swept the nation at the end of the War of 1812. -
James Monroe Elected president
He was elected the fifth president of the United States in 1817. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812. -
Anglo-American Convention
The Convention of 1818 set the boundary between the Missouri Territory in the United States and British North America (later Canada) at the forty-ninth parallel. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. -
McCulloch vs Maryland
In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted -
Panic of 1819
the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States. It was followed by a general collapse of the American economy that persisted through 1821. -
Dartmouth College vs Woodward
The Supreme Court, under Chief Justice John Marshall, ruled in their favor, saying that New Hampshire had violated the so-called contract clause of the United States Constitution. -
Denmark Vesey Slave revolt
An attempted slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina. This revolt failed because a participant told authorities about the plan -
Monroe Doctrine
a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
John Quincy Adam's victory in the presidential election of 1824 was unusual because he did win the popular vote or the electoral vote. In fact, no candidate won the majority of the electoral votes. So, according to the Constitution, the House of Representatives had to choose the winner. -
Tariff of Abominations
The Tariff of 1828 was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. -
Gibbons vs Ogden
a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation. -
Robert Owen founded the new harmony community
the religious group that owned the property and had founded the communal village of Harmony (or Harmonie) on the site in 1814, decided to relocate to Pennsylvania.) Owen renamed it New Harmony and established the village as his preliminary model for a utopian community. -
Erie Canal completed
It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Lyman Beecher delivered his "six sermons on intemperance"
They were sent throughout the United States, ran rapidly through many editions in England, and were translated into several languages on the European continent, and had a large sale even after the lapse of 50 years. -
Andrew Jackson elected president
7th president of the U.S. -
Indian removal act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands. -
Charles B. Finney lead religious revivals in western new york
In 1830-31, he led a revival in Rochester, New York that has been noted as inspiring other revivals of the Second Great Awakening. -
Worcester vs Georgia
a case in which the 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 was unconstitutional. -
Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-charter of the second bank of the United States
Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill re-chartering the Second Bank in July 1832 by arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with “justice,” “sound policy” and the Constitution. -
Nullification Crisis began
when South Carolina adopted the ordinance to nullify the tariff acts and label them unconstitutional. -
Black Hawk War
a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. -
Creation of the Whig party in the U.S.
a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States -
Treaty of New Echota
ceding Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for compensation. -
Catharine Beecher published essays on the education of female teachers
"Published at the desire of a meeting of Ladies in New York." -
Transcendental club's first meeting
Frederic Henry Hedge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley, and George Putnam met in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 8, 1836, to discuss the formation of a new club -
First McGuffey reader published
Begins with the alphabet. Early lessons have simple three- and four-word sentences of one line each. Progresses to longer sentences and full paragraphs. Original illustrations throughout. Can be used in first and second grades. -
Martin van buren elected president
the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. -
Andrew Jackson issued specie circular
a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act and carried out by his successor, President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
Texas declared independence from mexico
the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text. -
Battle of the Alamo
was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing the Texian defenders. -
Horace Mann elected secretary of the Massachusetts board of education
President of the Massachusetts State Senate at the time, was appointed the board's first Secretary. -
Panic of 1837
a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. -
Joseph Smith founded the church of Jesus Christ of the latter day saints
Smith announced a revelation in 1838 which renamed the church as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
The "Divinity School Address" is the common name for the speech Ralph Waldo Emerson gave to the graduating class of Harvard Divinity School -
Trail of Tears began
part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
a treaty that resolved 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, signed on July 3, 1844 in the Kun Iam Temple. -
James Polk elected president
Democrat James K. Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on the controversial issues of slavery and the annexation of the Republic of Texas. -
U.S. Annexation of Texas
During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. -
Start of the Mexican War
war between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) -
Bear flag revolt
a small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California an independent republic. -
John Humphrey Noyes founded the Oneida community
The Oneida Community was a perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848, in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo -
Gold rush began in California
when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Henry David Thoreau published civil disobedience
an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849 -
Commodore Matthew Perry enter Tokyo harbor opening japan to the U.S.
American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
Gadsden purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased -
Kanagawa Treaty
the Convention of Kanagawa or Kanagawa Treaty was the first treaty between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate. Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion, by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels
