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Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
He created this and it helped gather crops faster. -
Thomas Jefferson was elected President
No one won the electoral vote so Congress picked Jefferson. -
Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
He was planning a revolt and slave owners had suspicion of this and two slaves told them the plans. Gabriel was later found and hanged. -
Second Great Awakening Began
A series of religious revivals starting in 1801, based on Methodism and Baptism. Stressed a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and tolerance for all Protestant sects. The revivals attracted women, Blacks, and Native Americans. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and moral reasoning against slavery. -
Louisiana Purchase
The U.S bought the land from France for $15 million. The U.S gained control of the Mississippi Trade routed and doubled its size. -
Marbury v. Madison
This case was to understand the meaning behind the U.S constitution. The court established the court's power of judicial review over acts of congress. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expendition
They started their expedition at St.Louis, Mississippi, to go explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
The American ship refused to allow the British onto the Leopard to board and look for deserters. This caused them to fire at the Chesapeake. The U.S expelled all British ships from it's waters until they got an apology. -
Embargo Act
This act prevented U.S ships from trading with all foreign countries's ports. -
Non-Intercourse Act
This act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those going to Britain or France. -
James Madison Elected President
He won easily against Thomas Jefferson. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
After buying his freedom, he planned to have the biggest slave revolt in history. Word of this got out and he was arrested and executed. -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
The belief that it was God's plan to that the U.S. should extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean -
End of the War of 1812
No one won the war. John Adams signed a treaty that ended the war and made everything go back to the way it was. -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England
He used these plans to built a textile mill in Massachusetts and hired young women. Created the Boston Manufacturing Company. -
Death of Tecumseh
He was an Indian military leader and was killed in battle. -
Harford Convention
A meeting of New England Federalists who were discussing and seek redress by Washington for their complaints and wrongs that have been done. -
The British Burn Washington DC
The British wanted to get revenge for the U.S setting Canadian government buildings on fire. They also wanted a political result. -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson sent troops to get revenge on British soldiers. This inspired American nationalism. -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
Ended the War of 1812 and returned the status quo. Territory captured was returned to the original owner and set up commission to determine the disputed Canada/U.S boarder. It was unanimously ratified it. -
James Monroe Elected President
He was easily elected since he was going against James Madison and everyone wasn't fond of him. -
Era of Good Feeling Began
During President Monroe's term. Strong nationalism, Economic growth, territorial expansion, and fewer conflicts. Disappearance of Feds. and growth of Republicans. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Demilitarized the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, where many British naval armaments and forts still remained. -
Anglo-American Convention
This allowed New England fishermen access to Newfoundland fisheries, set the northern border for Louisiana territory, and allowed joint occupation of Oregon county. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
The U.S paid Spain $5 million for Florida. Spain wanted Oregon County, so the U.S gave up northern Mexico(Texas). -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The state of Maryland attempted to impede operation of a branch on the Second Bank of the U.S by imposing a tax on all notes of banks not chartered by Maryland. -
Panic of 1819
The first financial crisis in the U.S. It marked the end of the economic expansion. -
Dartmouth College V. Woodward
The argument was it legal for the State of New Hampshire to take over Dartmouth college and make it a public school. -
Missouri Compromise
To set the peace between slave and free states Missouri was admitted as a slave state(Maine free). -
Monroe Doctrine
The U.S opposed further European colonization of and interference with independent nations in the Western Hemisphere. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
This case upheld the federal government's right to regulate interstate commerce. -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
He purchased the town of harmony in which he hoped for true equality and it then became a place of progressive thought an experiment. (drinking, past 9, children in schools, scientist, woman protesting). -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
He was the leader of the Second Great Awakening and has been called the Father of Modern Revivalism. -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
This election was chosen by The House of Representatives because no one won the the majority of the electoral votes. -
Erie Canal Completed
This canal links the waters of Lake Erie in the west of the Hudson River in the west. -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
Heavy drinking even occurred at some formal meetings of clergy, and Beecher resolved to take a stand against it. In 1826 he delivered and published six sermons on intemperance. -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
He won the popular vote but not the electoral vote. The House of Representatives voted for him to be president. It is believed Clay had an influence on this decision. -
Tariff of Abominations
This protected the industry in the northern U.S. -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had translated from golden plates. -
Indian Removal Act
This authorized the president(A.J) to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from actions of state governments, which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
He argued that the bill was incompatible with "justice", "sound policy", and the Constitution. -
Nullification Crisis Began
South Carolina created an Ordinance of Nullification in 1832. It declared that the federal Tariff of 1828 and of 1832 were unconstitutional and South Carolina just weren't going to follow them! South Carolina didn't want to pay taxes on goods it didn't produce. Its economy was already really hurting. The second tariff was supposed to lessen the effects of the first one, but South Carolina didn't like either one of them! -
Black Hawk War
This was a brief conflict between the U.S and Native American led by Black Hawk. -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S
Political party formed to go against Andrew Jackson. They were against the executive branch having too much power. -
Catherine Beecher Published "Essays on the Education of Female Teachers"
She urged women to enter the teaching profession. -
Treaty of New Echota
This was the legal basis for the Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of the Cherokee nation. -
First McGuffey Reader Published
This was the first widely used textbook. -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
The formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
Inherited Jackson's failing economy-much of it from infrastructure building and financing by weak banks. Oversea bank difficulties required Americans to pay off loans that they didn't have money for. -
Battle of the Alamo
A fought between the Republic of Texas and Mexico from February 23, 1836 to March 6, 1836. It took place at a fort in San Antonio, Texas called the Alamo. The Mexicans won the battle, killing all of the Texan soldiers inside the fort. -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
Transcendental Club's First Meeting
They meet to discuss the new formation of a club. -
Panic of 1837
A financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
Trail of Tears Began
Has to do with the Indian Removal Act. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
He gave this speech when he graduated Harvard. He argued that moral intuition is a better guide to the moral sentiment than religious doctrine, and insisted upon the presence of true moral sentiment in each individual, while discounting the necessity of belief in the historical miracles of Jesus. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
A treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies(became Canada). -
James Polk Elected President
A slave owning southerner dedicated to Democratic party. He added the most territory other Jefferson. He opposed Clay's American System, instead advocating lower tariff, separation the treasury and the federal government from the banking system. -
U.S Annexation of Texas
Texas seceded from Mexico and declared independence in response to Mexican abolition of slavery. US annexes Texas because Southern states support Texas slavery. The North feared expansion of slavery and war with Mexico. -
Bear Flag Revolt
Short-lived independence rebellion precipitated by American settlers in California's Sacramento Valley against Mexican authorities. -
Start of the Mexican War
War between Mexico and the United States that started as the result of the annexation of Texas, a boundary dispute and the U.S's desire to obtain Mexico's northern territories. -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
At first gathered a group of "Perfectionists" and created the doctrine of "complex marriage," but was kicked out of Vermont and fled to NY and formed the Oneida community. -
Gold Rush Began in California
News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children coming to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
He reformed the school system by increasing state spending on schools, lengthening the school year, dividing the students into grades, and introducing standardized textbooks. -
Henry David Thoreau Published "Civil Disobedience"
Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. -
Gadsden Purchase
Bought for 10 million dollars strip of land in present day Arizona and New Mexico. -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the U.S
He led four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
Kanagawa Treaty
Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan’s 220-year-old policy of national seclusion, by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels. -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Establish formal friendly relations between the two nations.
