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Second Great Awakening Began
Religious revival -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
Pulled seeds from the cotton balls making it faster to get cotton. -
Thomas Jefferson was Elected President
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Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
Enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in Richmond area -
Louisiana Purchase
Land deal between the United States and France which doubled the size of the U.S -
Marbury v. Madison
First Supreme Court cases that applied Judical Review. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Jefferson asked Congress to fund an expedition through the Louisiana territory to the Pacific Ocean. -
Embargo Act
Prohibits American ships from trading in all forgein ports, mostly against Britain and France. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
A naval engagement the occuredon the coast of Norfolk between British and Chesapeake. -
James Madison Elected President
Democratic-Republican defeated Federalist Pinckney. -
Non-Intercourse Act
The Congress replaced the Embargo Act and lifted the embargos for shipping except for British and French ports. -
Francis Cabott Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile
He spied on the British textile industry and brought the ideas to the U.S. -
Death of Tecumseh
During the War of 1812, he was killed in the Battle of Thames in Canada. -
The British Burn Washington D.C
British hoped that burning D.C would cause the fall of America in response to the American attack on the CIty of York. -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
End of War of 1812 between the U.S. and Great Britain. (peace negotiation) -
Hartford Convention
Series of meetings to discuss the result og the War of 1812 and gave way to the American Industrial Revolution. -
End of the War of 1812
A war once started because of the British economic blockade of France. -
Battle of New Orleans
Last major battle of the War of 1812, America won against the invading British Army -
Era of Good Feeling Began
The era after the War of 1812 where Americans started to feel a sense of unity as a nation. -
James Monroe Elected President
5th President, he was the last president dunring the First Party System. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain after the War of 1812 that limited amaments of the Great Lakes. -
Anglo-American Convention
Set the boundry between Missouri Territory in the U.S and British North America. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
The court ruled that the charter was protected under the contract clause of the U.S Constitution -
Panic of 1819
Banks throughout the country failed, mortgages failed, agriculture fell, and unemployment rose. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Also known as the Transcontinental or Florida Purchase Treaty between the United States and Spain that gave Florida to the U.S. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state making it equal in the Senate. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Attempt at an uprising for slaves and freedmen is Charleston, South Carolina -
Monroe Doctrine
Doctrine that warns European nations that the U.S will no longer tolerate futher colonization -
Gibbons v. Ogden
It clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power. -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
He is an important figure that helps religious revival during the Second Great Awakening. -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
The New Harmony community was a utopian society created in Indiana by Robert Owen. -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargin)
The only election to be decied by the House of Representatives. (against Andrew Jackson) -
Erie Canal Completed
Waterway which put New York as the Empire state, the leader in population, industry, and economic strength. -
Lyman Beecher Delievered His "Six Sermons on Intemprance"
The six sermons are on nature, ocassions, evil, signs, and the remedy of intemprance -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
He took part in all the education refrom that was happeneing during this period of time. -
Tariff of Abominations
Protective tariff passed to protect industry in the U.S -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
The seventh President of the United States and an American soldier. -
Catherine Beecher Published "Essays on The Education of Female Teachers"
Promoted women as natural teachers and advocated for expansion and development of teacher training programs. -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Latter-Day Saints
Joseph Smith founded the Mormon Church. -
Trail of Tears Began
A march made by Cherokee Indians when they were forced to move from their homeland of Gerogia to the Indian territory. -
Indian Removal Act
Congress passed the act as a way fo moving Indians out of the East and into the West where they had designated "Indian territory". -
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
The Nullification Crisis was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832-33, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. -
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief scuffle that happened between the Americans and Native Americans lead by the leader Black Hawk because they refused to leave their land. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Cherokee Indians are protected from the actions of state governments. -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S
The Whigs supported the supremacy of the US Congress over the Presidency. -
Treaty of New Echota
The Treaty of New Echota was signed on this day in 1835, ceding Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for compensation. -
Transendentalist Club's First Meeting
Hedge, Emerson, Francis, James Freeman Clarke, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Amos Bronson Alcott attended the first meeting of this informal group at the home of George Ripley in Boston. -
First McGuffey Reader Published
A deries of elementary school reading books that were widely used in American schools beginning in the 1830s. -
Texas Declared Independance from Mexico
Houstan's army won against Mexican forces in San Jacinto. -
Battle of Alamo
Group of Texans (Camilla Sue Posey) led by Geroge Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam captured fort at Alamo and seized control of San Antonio. -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
Required payment of government land to be in gold or silver. -
Panic of 1837
Financial crisis, prices went up and employment went down. -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
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Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
Emerson's Divinity School Address was delivered in 1838 to a graduating class at Harvard College, aroused considerable controversy because it attacked formal religion and argued for self-reliance and intuitive spiritual experience. -
Webster-Ashburton Treary
Resolved border problems between the U.S and Canada -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Diplomatic agreement between China and the U.S -
James Polk Elected President
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Beginning of Manifest Destiny
Beleif that settlers were destined to expand westward. -
U.S Annexation of Texas
Texas entered U.S. as slave state and that broadend differences in the U.S -
Start of the Mexican War
War between the U.S and Mexico because of the belief of Manifest Destiny. -
Bear Flag Revolt
Small group of settlers in California rebelled against Mexican government, and it resulted in Califronia becoming and independent republic. -
Gold Rush Began in California
News of gold brought 300,000 people from the rest of the U.S and abroad. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The end of the Mexican War resulted in the U.S gaining 525,000 miles of land. -
John Humphery Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
He was American utopian socialist. He founded the Oneida Community in 1848; believed in a benign deity, in the sweetness of human nature, and in the possibility of a perfect Christion community on earth. -
Henry David Thoreau Published "Civil Disobedience"
Individuals should not overrule or disregard the consciences and they should have the ability to stop the government. -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to U.S
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Gadsden Purchase
A purchase from a treaty between the U.S ambassador and Mexican ambassador James Gadsden -
Kanagawa Treaty
Treaty between the U.S and Tokugawa Shogunate.
