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Second Great Awakening Began
Religious Revival -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
Pulled seeds from the cotton bolls making it faster to get cotton. -
Thomas Jefferson is 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 U.S. -
Marbury v. Madison
First Supreme Court cases that applied Judicial Review. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
Jefferson asked Congress to fund an expedition through the Louisiana territory to the Pacific Ocean. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
A naval engagement that occurred on coast of Norfolk between British and Chesapeake in which Leopard (British) attacked looking for deserters from Royal Navy. -
Embargo Act
Prohibits American ships from trading in all foreign ports, mostly against Britain and France. -
James Madison Elected President
Democratic-Republican defeated Federalist Pinckney. -
Non-Intercourse Act
The congress replaced the Embargo Act and lifted the embargoes for shipping except for British and French ports. -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans from Manchester, England
He spied on the British textile industry and memorized the plans to recreate them in his own mills. -
Death of Tecumseh
During the War of 1812, he was killed in the Battle of Thames in Canada. -
The British Burn Washington DC
British hoped that burning DC would cause the fall of America in response to the American attack on the City of York. -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
Ended the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Great Britain. Peace negotiation. -
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 period after the War of 1812 where Americans started to feel a sense of unity. -
End of the War of 1812
A war once started because of the British economic blockade of France, the induction of American Seamen into the British Royal Navy, and the British support of Indian tribes came to an end with the Treaty of Ghent which created two centuries of peace between the U.S. and Britain. -
Hartford Convention
Series of meetings to discuss the results of the the War of 1812 and gave way to the American Industrial Revolution. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain after the War of 1812 that limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes. -
James Monroe Elected President
5th president, last president during First Party System. -
Anglo-American Convention
Set the boundary between Missouri Territory in the U.S. and British North America -
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 and defined boundaries between the U.S. and New Spain. -
Panic of 1819
Banks throughout the country failed, mortgages failed, agriculture fell, unemployment. -
Dartmouth college v. Woodward
The court ruled that the charter was protected under the contract clause of the U.S. Constitution. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state making it equal. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Attempt at uprising slaves and freedmen in Charleston, SC. -
Monroe Doctrine
Doctrine that warns European Nations that the U.S. will no longer tolerate further colonization. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
It clarified the commerce clause and affirmed Congressional power. -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
Only election to be decided 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. -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
Evangelist that rose religion. -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
Utopian Society in Indiana -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His “Six Sermons on Intemperance”
The six sermons are on nature, occasions, signs, evils, and the remedy of intemperance. -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
Whig politician dedicated to promoting public education. -
Tariff of Abominations
Protective tariff passed to protect industry in the U.S. -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
Seventh president and 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. Claimed teachers are more important. -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Founded the Mormon Church and fled to Illinois. -
Indian Removal Act
Congress passed the act as a way of moving Indians out of the East and into the West where they had designated "Indian Territory". -
Worcester v. Georgia
Cherokee Indians are protected from the actions of state governments. -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
AJ vetoed the bill of re-chartering the Second Bank in 1832 by arguing that in the form presented to him that it was unconstitutional. -
Nullification Crisis Began
United States sectional political crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson that declared certain acts unconstitutional. -
Black Hawk War
Series of skirmishes between Americans and Black Hawk over western land. -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.
The Whigs supported the supremacy of the U.S. Congress over the Presidency -
Treaty of New Echota
It was signed ceding the Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for compensation. -
Battle of Alamo
Group of Texans led by Collinsworth and Milam, captured fort at Alamo and seized control of San Antonio. -
Transcendental Club's First Meeting
Hedge, Emerson, Ripley, Putnam attended this meeting. -
First McGuffey Reader Published
A series of elementary school reading books that were widely used to in American schools beginning in the 1830's. -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
Houston's army won against Mexican forces at San Jacinto. Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas. -
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 unemployment went down in the U.S. -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
Eighth president and American statesmen. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
Delivered in 1838 to a graduating class at Harvard College and it aroused considerable interest towards Transcendentalism. -
Trail of Tears Began
A march made by Cherokee Indians when they were forced to move from their homeland of Georgia to the Indian territory. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Resolved border issues between the U.S. and British North American colonies, (present Canada) -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Diplomatic agreement between the Qing-dynasty and the U.S. -
James Polk Elected President
11th president, was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives and Gov of Tennesee -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
Belief that settlers were destined to expand across North America. -
U.S. Annexation of Texas
Texas entered U.S. as a slave state. Broadened differences in U.S. over issues of slavery and set off Mexican War. -
Start of the Mexican War
War between the United States and Mexico because of belief to spread "manifest destiny" across the continent. -
Bear Flag Revolt
Small group of settlers in California rebelled against Mexican government. Stated California as independent republic. -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the New Harmony Community
American Utopian socialist who founded the community. -
Gold Rush Began in California
News of gold brought 300,000 people from rest of the U.S. and abroad. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
End of Mexican War, added 525,000 miles of land. Includes present day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
Individuals should not overrule or disregard their consciences and they have he ability to stop the government from making them victims of injustice. -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the U.S.
Led his four ships into the harbor seeking to re-establish regular trade. -
Gadsden Purchase
Present day South Arizona and South West New Mexico, purchased from treaty signed by the U.S. ambassadors to Mexico by James Gadsden -
Kanagawa Treaty
Treaty between the U.S. and Tokugawa Shogunate, opened ports of Shimoda and Hakodate for American trade and permitted establishment of U.S. consulate in Japan.
