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Thomas Jefferson elected president
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Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
Failed slave revolt in Richmond, VA that was found out about once it had been planned, so he and his followers were hanged -
Louisiana-Purchase
United States doubles in size -
Marbury v Madison
U.S Supreme Court case which forms the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the U.S -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
First American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the US -
Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk, VA, between British warship HMS Leopard and American frigate USS Chesapeake -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
Patent granted in 1794 but wasn't verified until 1807 -
James Madison Elected President
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Non-Intercourse Act
Lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports -
Death of Tecumseh
Killed at the Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812 -
The British Burn Washington D.C
British attack against Washington D.C, capital of the U.S, during the War of 1812 -
Hartford Convention
Series of meetings in the U.S where New England Federalist Party discussed grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester,England
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End of the War of 1812
No geographical changes, two centuries of peace between US and Great Britain -
Battle of New Orleans
Last major battle of the war of 1812, US combatants prevented the British from seizing New Orleans -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
Ended War of 1812 between U.S and Britain, peace negotiations made in Ghent, Belgium -
Era of Good Feeling Began
Marked a period in the political history of the U.S that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans after the War of 1812, less fighting between political parties -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Treaty between US and Great Britain to eliminate both countries' burgeoning naval fleets stationed in the Great Lakes -
James Monroe Elected President
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Anglo-American Convention
Resolved standing boundary issues between U.S and Britain -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Ceded Florida to the US, defined boundary between US and New Spain -
McCulloch v Maryland
U.S Supreme Court case that passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank -
Panic of 1819
First major peacetime financial crisis in the U.S followed by a general collapse of American economy -
Dartmouth College v Woodward
U.S Supreme Court case which was a landmark decision in U.S corporate law dealing 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, prohibited slavery in the Louisiana territory north of the 36 30 latitude line, with the exception of Missouri -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
Charles Finney, American evangelist -
Second Great Awakening Began
Protestant religious revival in the U.S, membership in Baptist and Methodist churches rose significantly -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Failed slave rebellion in Charleston, SC, Denmark Vesey executed for being the "ringleader" of the planned revolt -
Monroe Doctrine
US policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
When John Quincy Adams won presidency it was believed that Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, had convicted Congress to elect Adams, who made Clay Secretary of State -
Gibbons v Ogden
U.S Supreme Court case, landmark decision in which the Supreme Court held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation -
Erie Canal Completed
Canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York Canal System -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
Purchased the town of New Harmony in hopes of creating a new Utopian community -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
This speech he delivered was based around his belief that temperance is key and that those who drink alcohol are going to destroy America -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
Horace Mann was a member of the Whig party -
Tariff of Abominations
Tariff passed in the U.S designed to protect industry in the north -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
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Catherine Beecher published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
Step in the direction of more rights for women by having better educated female teachers -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized the U.S president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
People were inspired to convert due to the release of the Book of Mormon -
Worcester v Georgia
U.S Supreme Court case, Supreme Court considered its powers to enforce the rights of Native American "nations against the U.S, vacated conviction of Samuel Worcester based on this -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the U.S
He claimed to do this because the bank was incompatible with "justice", "sound policy", and the U.S Constitution -
Nullification Crisis Began
U.S sectional political crisis during Andrew Jackson's presidency, which involved confrontation between South Carolina and the Federal Government over the Tariff of Abominations -
Black Hawk War
Brief conflict between the U.S and Native Americans lead by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S
Political party formed in opposition of president Andrew Jackson and his Democratic party, distant links to Federalist Party -
Treaty of New Echota
Forcible removal of Cherokee Nation from Georgia, ceded Cherokee land to the U.S in exchange for compensation -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
Oneida community was a perfectionist religious society in Oneida, New York -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution -
Battle of the Alamo
Pivotal event in Texas revolution -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
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Andrew Jackson Issues Specie Circular
Required payment for government land to be in gold and silver -
Transcendental Club's First Meeting
Lead by Frederic Henry Hedge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley, and George Putnam, transcendentalism was a philosophy formed as a reaction to the general state of intellectualism and spiritualism at the time -
First McGuffey Reader Published
William Holmes McGuffey published the first widely used series of elementary school level textbooks -
Panic of 1837
Financial crisis in the U.S that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid 1840's -
Trail of Tears Began
Cherokee nation was forced to give up its land east of the Mississippi River and migrate to present-day Oklahoma as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy -
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gave the "Divinity School Address"
Speech of Transcendentalism, against a more Unitarian theology, delivered for the senior class at the Harvard Divinity School Chapel -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Resolved several border issues between U.S and British North American colonies -
Treaty of Wanghia in China
Treaty of peace, amity, and commerce between the U.S and the Chinese empire -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
Territorial expansion of U.S from east to west -
James Polk Elected President
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U.S Annexation of Texas
U.S claims the territory of Texas -
Start of the Mexican War
Armed conflict between U.S and the United Mexican States -
Bear Flag Revolt
Small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California as an independent republic -
Gold Rush Began in California
Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Added an additional 525,000 square miles to U.S territory -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
Thoreau was a transcendentalist who wrote this in resistance to civil government -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to U.S
He was seeking to re-establish regular trade and discourse between the western world and Japan in over 200 years -
Gadsden Purchase
Arizona and New Mexico purchased by the U.S -
Kanagawa Treaty
First treaty between the U.S and the Tokugawa Shogunate
