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Charles B. Finney lead religious revivals in Western New York
He was known as the 'Father of Modern Revivalism'. He was the leader in the second Great Awakening in the US, serving as a Presbyterian, Congregationalist, minister, and religious writer. -
Second Great Awakening Began
A Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the US. -
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. -
Horace Mann elected secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
He was an American educational reformer and Whig politician dedicated to promoting public education -
Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
He was the leader of an unsuccessful slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia -
Thomas Jefferson elected president
The election constitutes the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the US. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
A land deal between the United States and France, the US acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for 15 million dollars. -
Marbury v. Madison
The US Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, the power of the federal courts to declare legislative and executive acts unconstitutional -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
They departed their expedition from St. Louis, Missouri on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. -
Embargo Act
A law passed by the United States Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. -
Chesapeake- Leopard Affair
A naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. The crew of Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the American frigate, looking for deserters from the Royal Navy. -
James Madison Elected President
The US presidential election of 1808 was the sixth quadrennial presidential election. The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively. -
James Madison Elected President
The sixth quadrennial presidential election, the Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated the Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. -
Non-Intercourse Act
The act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for the British or French ports. Its intent was to damage the economies of the United Kingdom and France. -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
The territorial expansion of the US -
Death of Tecumseh
He was a Shawnee Native American chief. During the early 1800s he attempted to organize a confederation of tribes to resist white settlement. During the war of 1812, Tecumseh and his followers joined the British to fight the United States. -
The British Burn Washington DC
After defeating the Americans at the Battle of Brandenburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross burned down buildings including the White House, the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the government. -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
The treaty ended the War of 1812 between the US and Great Britain. Peace negotiations began in Ghent, Belgium and after four months of talking the treaty was signed. The Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Ghent -
Harftord Convention
A series of meetings in which the New England Federalists Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal governments. -
End of the War of 1812
The War was between the US and Great Britain, the main result of the war was the two centuries of peace between the US and Britain. The Treaty of Ghent ended the war. -
Battle of New Orleans
A battle fought between the British troops and American forces. The Americans who were outnumbered, still won a decisive victory against the British assault. -
Era of Good Feeling Began
A period in the United States corresponding with the term of President James Monroe, the phrase is believed to have been coined by a Boston newspaper shortly after Monroe took office. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
The goal of the treaty was to significantly eliminate both the US and Great Britain burgeoning naval fleets stationed in the Great Lakes. Both nations wanted to ease tensions as a way to prevent another war. -
James Monroe Elected President
James Monroe fought under George Washington and studied law with Thomas Jefferson. He was elected the fifth president of the United States. -
Francis Cabot Lowell smuggled memorized textile mill plans from Manchester, England
He invented the power loom and built up an American textile manufacturing industry, he became a successful merchant. -
Anglo-American Convention
The convention respected fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the US and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. A treaty was established to set the 49th parallel as the border with Canada and Rupert's land west to the Rocky Mountains. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
A treaty between the US and Spain that ceded Florida to the US and defined the boundary between the US and New Spain -
McCulloch v. Maryland
One of the first and most important Supreme Court cases on federal power. The Supreme Court held that Congress has implied powers derived from those listed in Article 1, Section 8. The necessary and proper clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank. -
Missouri Compromise
An effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
Panic of 1819
The impressive post-War of 1812 economic expansion ended; banks throughout the country failed. Falling prices impaired agriculture and manufacturing triggered widespread unemployment. -
Dartmouth College V. Woodward
An issue of state power and contracts, the supreme court ruled in their favor, saying that New Hampshire had violated the so called contract clause of the US Constitution. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
A literate, skilled carpenter and leader among African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina. He was accused and convicted of being the ringleader of "the rising", a major potential slave revolt planned for the city in June 1822, he was later executed -
Monroe Doctrine
The best known US policy towards the Western Hemisphere; the doctrine warns European nations that the United States will not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
John Quincy Adams served four years as president; when he named Henry Clay to be his secretary of state, Andre Jackson denounced the election as the "corrupt bargain". -
Gibbons V. Ogden
The decision served to vastly expand the power of Congress and the federal government. Congress could now regulate any commercial activity which moved between two states. -
Erie Canal Completed
It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Robert Owen founded the New Harmony Community
Robert Owen purchased a town with the intention of creating a new Utopian community and renamed it New Harmony. -
Lyman Beecher Delivered his "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
A leading revivalist and social reformer, he helped build the organizations that became known as the benevolent empire and gave religion in American its distinctive voluntary stamp -
Tariff of Abominations
It was opposed by the Southern states that contended that the tariff was unconstitutional, the protective tariffs taxed all foreign goods, to boost the sales of US products and protect the Northern manufacturers from cheap British goods. -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
The seventh president of the United States, he gained fame as a general in the US army and served in both houses of Congress. -
Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
In her essay she promoted women as natural teachers, but also advocated for an expansion and development of teacher training programs -
Creation of the Whig Party in the US
A political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the US, it originally formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his democratic party. -
Indian Removal Act
The act was signed into law by President Jackson, authorizing the 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
He was a Mormon prophet, he organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president. -
Worcester V. Georgia
The supreme court ruled that because the Cherokee Nation was a seperate political entity that could not be regulated by the state. Georgia's license law was unconstitutional and Worcester's conviction was overturned. -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the second bank of the US
He vetoed the recharter of the second bank of the US by arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with "justice" and the constitution. -
Nullification Crisis Began
The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina. They said that attempts to use force to collect the taxes would lead to that state's secession. -
Black Hawk War
Sac and Fox Indians under the leadership of Black Hawk left the Iowa territory and returned to their homes across the Mississippi River and went against the European-American Settlers in a war -
Treaty of New Echota
It provided the legal basis for the Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia; the signing of the treaty ceded Cherokee land to the US in exchange for compensation -
Battle of the Alamo
an early stage of Texas's war for independence -
Transcendental club's first meeting
Frederic Henry Hedge, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley, and George Putnam met in Cambridge, Massachusetts to discuss the formation of a new club. -
First McGuffey reader published
A series of textbooks written by William McGuffey; he gained prominence as a professor of metal and moral philosophy at Miami University -
Texas declared independence from Mexico
The Texans were defeated at the Alamo, Houston's army won a quick battle against the Mexican forces at San Jacinto and gained independence for Texas -
Andrew Jackson issued Specie Circular
presidential executive order pursuant by the Coinage Act and carried out by his successor, it required payment for government land to be in gold and silver -
Panic of 1837
a financial crisis in the US that touched off a major recession tat lasted until the mid 1840's, profits, processes, and wages went down and unemployment went up -
Martin Van Buren elected president
Won with the endorsement of popular outgoing president Andrew Jackson and the organizational strength of the Democratic Party -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
Delivered to a graduating Harvard College, it aroused considerable controversy because it attacked formal religion and argued for self-reliance and intuitive spiritual experience -
Trail of Tears Began
As a 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
An Agreement concluded by the US and great Britain, the treaty settled the northeast boundary dispute, which caused serious conflicts -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
The treaty extended to the US trading privileges equal to those enjoyed by Britain -
James Polk elected president
James defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on the controversial issues of slavery and the annexation of the Republic of Texas -
US Annexation of Texas
Long term benefits to the US for Texas annexation were significant -
Start of the Mexican War
A war between the US and Mexico stemming from the US's annexation of Texas -
Bear Flag Revolt
A small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California and independent republic -
John Humphrey Noyes founded the Oneida Community
A perfectionist religious communal society founded by John Humphrey Noyes. The community practiced communalism, complex marriage, male sexual continence, and mutual criticism -
Treaty of Guadalupe
Peace treaty between the US and the Mexican Republic -
Gold rush began in California
Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Stutter's Mill in Coloma, California -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
His act of minor defiance caused him to conclude that it was not enough to be simply against slavery and the war -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the US
American Commodore led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo, Bay seeking re-establish for the first time in over 200 years years -
Gadsden Purchase
An agreement between the US and Mexico. in which the US agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became a part of Arizona and New Mexico -
Kanagawa Treaty
Japan's first treaty with a western nation. concluded by representatives of the US and Japan at Kanagawa, it marked the end of Japan's period of seclusion
