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Second Great awakening began
Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. -
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin
Made the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber faster. -
Thomas Jefferson was elected president
Revolution of 1800 -
Gabriel Prosser slave revolt
Leader of an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond Virginia. -
Louisana Purchase
Doubles the size of the United States -
Marbury v. Madison
Forms the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the US under the constitution -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark
Their expedition began near St.Louis and made its way westward, passed through the continental divide to reach the Pacific coast. -
Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Naval engagement between British warship HMS Leopard and American frigate USS Chesapeake -
James Madison elected president
The democratic republic James Madison defeated federalist Charles Pickney. -
Non-Intercourse Act
The Embargo Act of 1807 was replaced by the unenforceable Non-Intercourse act. -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
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. -
Death of Tecumseh
Tecumsehs death marked the end of Indian resistance east of the Mississippi river. -
Francis Cabot Lowell smuggled memorized textile mill plans from Manchester, England
He was inspired to create his own manufacturing enterprise in the U.S. -
The British Burn Washington D.C.
British attack the Capital of the US during the War of 1812 -
End of War of 1812
Two centuries of peace between the U.S. and Britain -
Battle of New Orleans
Constituted the last major battle of the War of 1812. -
Treaty of Ghent ratified
The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain. -
Hartford Convention
New England delegates met to discuss their grievances. In protest to president James Madison's war policies -
Era of Good Feeling began
Sense of national purpose and desire for unity among Americans after the war 1812. -
James Monroe elected president
James Monroe became the last president during the first party system era of American politics. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Treaty between US and United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great lakes and Lake Champlain, following the war of 1812 -
Anglo-American Convention
Set boundary between Missouri territory in the U.S. and British North America at the 49th parallel. -
Adam-Onis Treaty
Treaty between U.S. and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The power of congress to charter a bank, this sparked the issue of division of powers between state and federal government. -
Panic of 1819
First major peacetime financial crisis in the U.S. -
Dartmouth v. Woodward
Decision from U.S. corporate law for the U.S supreme court to deal with application of the contract clause of the U.S. constitution to private corporations. -
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
A slave rebellion that never happened in Charleston S.C. -
Monroe Doctrine
Policy that declared the U.S. wouldn't tolerate intervention by European nations in the affairs of nations in the Americas -
John Quincy Adams elected president (Corrupt Bargain)
John Quincy Adams was elected over Andrew Jackson. It was believed that Clay the speaker of the house convinced congress to elect Adams, he then made clay his secretary of state. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gave individuals the right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction. -
Erie Canal Completed
First canal in the U.S. to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean. -
Robert Owen founded the New Harmony community
Robert built this town with intention to create a new Utopian community -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
He encouraged influential men to keep their businesses closed on Sundays, and became a leading voice in the temperance movement -
Tariff of abominations
Designed to protect industry in the Northern U.S. -
Andrew Jackson elected president
Andrew Jackson was elected as the 7th President. He was known to have founded the Democratic party and support individual liberty. -
Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Informally known as the Mormon Church. -
Charles B. Finney lead religious revivals in Western NY
The burned-over district refers to the western and central regions of New York in the early 19th century, where religious revivals and the formation of new religious movements of the Second Great Awakening took place -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Andrew Jackson vetoed the re-charter of Second Bank of the United States
He vetoed the re-charter of the Second Bank by arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with justice, sound policy and the Constitution. -
Nullification Crisis began
Sectional political crisis between South Carolina and the Federal Government. -
Black Hawk War
A brief conflict between the U.S and Native Americans led by Black Hawk -
Creation of the Whig Party in U.S.
Formed in opposition to the policies of Andrew Jackson and his democratic party -
Treaty of New Echota
Ceded Cherokee land to the U.S in exchange for compensation. -
Catherine Beecher published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
Beecher hoped that her school could serve as a model for a nationwide system of teacher colleges -
Battle of Alamo
In the early stages of Texas' war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan (or Texian) volunteers led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam overwhelmed the Mexican garrison at the Alamo and captured the fort, seizing control of San Antonio. -
Transcendental Club's first meeting
The first meeting was held at Ripley's house in Boston -
First McGuffey Reader Published
The first reader moved on to more difficult words and introduced simple sentences. -
Texas declared Independence from Mexico
The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. -
Andrew Jackson issue Specie Circular
It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
Horace Mann elected secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
American educational reformer dedicated to promoting public education. -
Panic of 1837
financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. -
Martin Van Buren elected president
American statesman who served as the eighth President of the United States -
Trail of Tears began
Cherokee nation was forced to give up their land and migrate to present day Oklahoma. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave this speech to the Harvard graduating class of 1838 -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies (i.e. the region that became Canada). -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Allowed American citizens to merchandize equally in the five treaty ports. -
James Polk elected President
James K. Polk, a Democrat, assumed office after defeating Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election. -
U.S. annexation of Texas
Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state. -
Bear flag revolt
Short-lived independence rebellion precipitated by American settlers in California's Sacramento Valley against Mexican authorities -
Start of Mexican War
Armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
Gold rush began in California
James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter originally from New Jersey, found flakes of gold in the American River at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains near Coloma, California. -
John Humphrey Noyes founded the Oneida Community
Most successful of the utopian socialist communities in the United States -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobediance
He spent a night in jail for this offense in 1848, and was released the next morning when a friend (against his wishes) paid the tax for him. The following year his essay on the topic, "Civil Disobedience," was published. -
Commodore Matthew Perry entered Tokyo Harbor opening Japan to the US
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, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. -
Kanagawa Treaty
First treaty between the United States of America and the Tokugawa Shogunate
