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second great awakening began
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The Second Great Awakening reflected Romanticism characterized by enthusiasm, emotion, and an appeal to the supernatural. It rejected the skeptical rationalism and deism of the Enlightenment. -
eli whitney patented the cotton gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation. The fibers are then processed into various cotton goods such as linens, while any undamaged cotton is used largely for textiles like clothing. The separated seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil. -
gabriel prosser slave revolt
Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved blacksmith from a Virginia tobacco plantation, organized a group of about 25 slaves to violently rise up against their masters–and then build an army. -
Thomas Jefferson elected president
The United States presidential election of 1800 was the fourth United States presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 31 to Wednesday, December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800", Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican rule. Jefferson won the electoral vote. -
louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
marbury v. madison
The U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) 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
the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States -
embargo act
a law passed by the United State Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson on December 22, 1807. It prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports -
chesapeake-leopard affair
a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on June 22, 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. -
james madison elected president
The United States presidential election of 1808 was the sixth quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, November 4, to Wednesday, December 7, 1808. The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively. Madison's victory made him the first individual to succeed a president of the same party -
non-intercourse act
Congress replaced the Embargo Act of 1807 with the almost unenforceable Non-Intercourse Act of March 1809. This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. Its intent was to damage the economies of the United Kingdom and France. -
death of tecumseh
Shawnee Indian chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the invasion of Ohio. A decisive battle against William Henry Harrison’s U.S. troops ended in Tecumseh’s defeat and death. -
the british burn washington DC
after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force burned down buildings including the White House and the Capitol, as well as other facilities of the U.S. government.The attack was in part a retaliation for the recent American destruction of Port Dover in Upper Canada. The Burning of Washington marks the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the United States capital. -
harford convention
a series of meetings from December 15, 1814 – January 5, 1815, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. -
francis cabot lowell smuggled memorized textile mill plans from Manchester, England
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end of war of 1812
War of 1812, (June 18, 1812–February 17, 1815), conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. -
battle of new orleans
fought on Sunday, January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham, and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson.The battle effectively marked the end of the War of 1812. -
treaty of ghent ratified
The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. -
era of good feeling began
a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812. -
james monroe elected president
Born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Monroe fought under George Washington and studied law with Thomas Jefferson. He was elected the fifth president of the United States in 1817 -
Rush-Bagot treaty
a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, following the War of 1812. -
anglo-american convention
The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, also known as the London Convention, Anglo-American Convention of 1818, Convention of 1818, or simply the Treaty of 1818, was an international treaty signed in 1818 between the above parties -
Adams-Onis treaty
a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. -
mcculloch v. maryland
a U.S. Supreme Court decision that established that the "Necessary and Proper" Clause of the U.S. Constitution gives the federal U.S. government certain implied powers that are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution -
dartmouth college v. woodworth
U.S. Supreme Court case in which the court held that the charter of Dartmouth College granted in 1769 by King George III of England was a contract and, as such, could not be impaired by the New Hampshire legislature -
panic of 1819
the impressive post-War of 1812 economic expansion ended. Banks throughout the country failed; mortgages were foreclosed, forcing people out of their homes and off their farms. Falling prices impaired agriculture and manufacturing, triggering widespread unemployment. -
missouri compromise
an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free -
Charles B Finney lead religious revivals in western new york
known as the 'Father of Modern Revivalism'. He was a leader in the 'Second Great Awakening' in the United States, serving as a Presbyterian, then Congregationalist, minister and religious writer. Finney's significance was in innovative preaching and service procedure. -
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 executed. -
monroe doctrine
a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823 -
gibbons v. ogden
U.S. Supreme Court case establishing the principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce. -
john quincy adams elected president (corrupt bargain)
John Quincy Adams was elected by the House of Representatives after Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but failed to receive a majority. -
robert owen founded the new harmony community
the home of Lutherans who had separated from the official church in the Duchy of Württemberg and immigrated to the United States -
erie canal completed
created a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
andrew jackson elected president
Andrew Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes in the election of 1824, but still lost to John Quincy Adams when the election was deferred to the House of Representatives (by the terms of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a presidential election in which no candidate wins a majority of the electoral vote is decided by the House of Representatives). -
tariff of abominations
a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. -
lyman beecher delivered his "six sermons on intemperance"
The excessive use of alcohol, known as "intemperance," was a source of concern in New England as in the rest of the United States. 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 -
catherine beecher published essays on the education of female teachers
American educator and author who popularized and shaped a conservative ideological movement to both elevate and entrench women’s place in the domestic sphere of American culture. -
indian removal act
law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands -
worchester v georgia
a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
andrew jackson vetoed the re-charter of the second bank of the US
severly weakened the federalist party -
nullification crisis began
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. It ensued after South Carolina declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of the state. -
black hawk war
a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis, and Kickapoos, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into the U.S. state of Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832 -
creation of the whig party in the US
result of andrew jackson's policies -
treaty of new echota
removed the cherokee from georgia -
transcendental club's first meeting
Led to the formation of the transcendentalists -
first mcguffey reader published
Focuses on the learning of the English language. Introduced in public schools -
texas declared independence from mexico
Increases tensions between Mexico and U.S. Eventually sparks the Mexican-American war -
battle of the alamo
This was during a 13 day siege during the Texas Revolution, resulting in a Mexican victory. -
martin van buren elected president
Democratic President. Known as ¨Little Magician¨ -
andrew jackson issued specie circular
Payment for government land must be in Silver or Gold -
horace mann elected secretary of the massachuetts board of education
Provides extended curriculum, improved teachers, and government funded education. -
panic of 1837
A depression that consisted of sectionalism, banking failures, and agriculture decline -
joseph smith founded the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day saints
Eventually led to the Mormon faith -
ralph waldo emerson gave the "divinity school address"
Ralph Waldo Emerson encouraged the students to create new ideas and not to copy Europe. -
trail of tears began
Cherokee was forced to give up its land and move east of the Mississippi River. Many died in the process. -
webster-ashburn treaty
This further defined the British Canada territories and U.S territories -
treaty of wanghia with china
Gave Americans rights to land in ports and build churches in China -
james polk elected president
Starts Mexican-American war and gains territory from that war. -
beginning of manifest destiny
This consisted of spreading Christianity, Gold, and Glory. Caused westward expansion and Indian tragedies -
US annexation of texas
Texas becomes a state. -
start of the mexican war
The annexation of Texas caused this war. This was a battle over territory along the border near Texas and Texas -
bear flag revolt
Revolted caused by California settlers against Mexicans. -
John Humphrey founded the Oneida community
A socialized society based on the system of complex marriage where all men and women were married to each other. -
treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
Gave the U.S present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. -
gold rush began in california
This Gold Rush resulted in the creation of many gold mines after Stutter's discovery -
henry david thoreau published civil disobedience
Suggests that ¨just¨ people should go to jail for what they believe. Thoreau believes the Mexican American war was unjust -
commodre matthew perry entered tokyo harbor opening japan to the US
Forced Japan to trade with the U.S. -
gadsden purchase
Present-Day South western Arizona and New Mexico is purchased by the U.S -
kangawa treaty
Opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate.
