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Martin Van Buren was elected president.
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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.
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James Polk was elected president, leading them into the Mexican-American war
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The Second Great Awakening begins, a Protestant religious revival.
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Thomas Jefferson was elected president...
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Gabriel Prosser's Slave Revolt in Richmond, Virginia during the summer of 1800 is declared unsuccessful and postponed due to rain.
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Marbury V Madison, a landmark case by the U.S Supreme Court, announces for the first time the principle that a court may declare an act of congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution.
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The United states acquires the Louisiana territory from France marking this as the Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark Expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
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The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, a navel engagement between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake, occurs off the coast of Norfolk
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Embargo Act is passed by congress prohibiting U.S ships from trading in all foreign ports,
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James Madison was elected president...
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The Non-Intercourse Act replaces the Embargo Act of 1807 lifting all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports.
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Francis Cabot Lowell smuggles memorized textile mill plans from Manchester, England
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Manifest destiny occurs, a religious belief motivating individuals to move westward.
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Battle of the Thames River occurs, led by William Henry Garrison, and the Indian leader Tecumseh is killed marking the end of Indian resistance East of the Mississippi
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Robert Owen founded the New Harmony Community
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The British attack and burn Washington D.C, the capital of the United States, during The War of 1812
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Hartford Convention consisted of delegates from the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont gathering at Hartford, Connecticut, to discuss their grievances
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The "Era of good feeling," a sense of national purpose and desire for unity, begins after the victory of 1812.
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The Battle of New Orleans marks the last and final battle of The War of 1812
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The Senate unanimously ratifies the Treaty of Ghent, also known as the Treaty of Peace and Amity.
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The war of 1812 ends due to Commissioners signing the Treaty of Ghent.
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James Monroe was elected president...
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Following the war of 1812, the Rush-Bagot Treaty was created between the U.S and the U.K limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain
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The Anglo-American Convention, signed between the U.S and Britain, allowed New England fishermen to access Newfoundland fisheries, set the Northern border for the Louisiana territory, and allowed joint occupation for the Oregon country.
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McCulloch V Maryland begin when the state of Maryland passes legislation to impose taxes on the bank however James W. McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the bank, refused to pay the tax.
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Dartmouth College v Woodward, a landmark decision, Supreme courts first dispute involving education
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The Panic of 1819, America's first financial and economic crisis, begins following the War of 1812, which consisted of a period of national exuberance and the establishment of the Second Bank of America
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The Adams Onis Treaty is signed between the U.S and Spain giving Florida to the U.S as well as setting a boundary between the U.S and New Spain.
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Missouri Compromise is passed admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
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The Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt, organized by a slave whom bought his freedom with lottery winnings, was the largest slave revolt planned however is exposed and then cancelled.
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The Monroe Doctrine is created opposing European colonialism in The Americas beginning in 1823.
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Gibbons v Ogden, a landmark decision, decided that the US government had control over interstate commerce
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John Quincy Adams was elected president, Andrew Jackson denounces election a corrupt bargain.
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The Erie Canal is completed.
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Andrew Jackson was elected president...
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Lyman Beecher , a presbyterian minister, delivers his Six Sermons on Intemperance
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Tariff of abominations, a high protective tariff passed by congress infuriated the southern states because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north
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Catherine Beecher publishes essays on the education of female teachers
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The Indian Removal Act, signed by President Andrew Jackson, forced the Indians to migrate west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian land
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Worcester v Georgia, led to the imprisonment of Samuel Worcester as well as an agreement that instituted a prohibition of non-Indians living on Indian territory without a license
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Andrew Jackson vetoes the re-charter of the 2nd bank of The United States, which led to the bank war
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South Carolina nullifies tariff acts and declares them unconstitutional, being the only state that did this, South Carolina stood alone.
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Black Hawk War, a conflict between the US and Indians, is led by Black Hawk, (a Sauk leader)
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The creation of the Whig Party, formed opposing Andrew Jackson and his views, and favored US Congress over the Presidency
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Treaty of New Echota, cedes cherokee lands in exchange for compensation, which led to the creation of the treaty party.
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Texas declares independence from Mexico
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Andrew Jackson issues the specie circular, which said that government land must be paid for in Gold and Silver.
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The Battle of the Alamo, a big event in the Texas revolution, results in the killing of many Texans by Santa Anna fueling their desire to win.
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The Transcendental Club's First Meeting is held in Cambridge Massachusetts, and consisted of Frederic Henry Hedge, Ralph Emerson, George Ripley, and George Putnam
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Horace Mann was elected secretary of the Massachusetts Board Of Education
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First, schoolbooks, McGuffey Reader Published
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Panic of 1837, caused by a period of economic expansion from 1834 to 1836
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Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
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Trail of Tears begins, as a result from the Treaty of New Echota, Indians suffer disease, starvation, and exposure, resulting in over 4,000 deaths.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson gives graduating speech to the Harvard Divinity School, "Divinity School Address"
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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is created, resolving border issues in the US
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United States annexes Texas as a slave state.
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Treaty of Wanghia, a treaty of peace and commerce, is signed between the U.S and China
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The Bear flag revolt occurs, a small group of people rebel against Mexico claiming California as an independent republic.
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The Mexican War begins when Mexican soldiers attack a group of US soldiers at an unclaimed area, then siege a fort along the Rio Grande
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John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community, a Perfectionist religious communal society
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The California Gold Rush occurs bringing thousands of people to California in search of gold.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is created, adding land to the US including Arizona, California, Colorado, etc.
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Henry David Thoreau published Civil Disobedience
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Commodore Matthew Perry entered Tokyo Harbor opening Japan to the US
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Gadsden Purchase is signed, between the U.S and Mexico, giving parts of New Mexico and Arizona to the U.S
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Kanagawa Treaty, first treaty between US and the Tokugawa Shogunate, marks the end of Japan's 220-year policy of seclusion.
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Charles B Finney leads the religious revivals, of the Second Great Awakening, in western New York
