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Second Great Awakening Began
A time were their were tons of social reform, education reform, religious reform, and women's rights reform. -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
Revived slavery and started "King Cotton" in the South -
Thomas Jefferson was elected president
Started the Jeffersonian era. -
Gabriel Prosser Slave revolt
Large slave rebellion planned in the city of Richmond -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson doubles size of U.S by purchasing this territory from France. -
Marbury vs Madison
Set the stage for Judicial review to give power to Judicial Branch to declare things unconstituitional -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
Attempt to find water way to Pacific, trade with natives, and validate the U.S new territory -
Embargo Act
Prohibited Americans from all foreign trade (punish France and Britain) and it failed -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Fight between British and American naval ships that contributed to the start of the war of 1812 -
James Madison Elected President
Established Democratic Republican Party and advocated for Bill of Rights -
Non-Intercoarse Act
Lifted the Embargo of 1807 except for trade to Britian and France -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Disarmament treaty with Britian to stop naval war fair on Great Lakes and lake Champlain -
The British Burn Washington DC
British troops attack DC and burn the white house after the U.S attacks Ontario -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
Belief that Americans had the right to spread west after the War of 1812 -
Death of Tecumseh
"Prophet" who tried to revive Indian culture against whites and died fighting in war of 1812 at Battle of Tippacanoe -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England
Francis Lowell memorized plans and brought them back to Massachusetts and started the first textile mill factories in the U.S -
Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson successful defeated the British after Treaty of Ghent was signed -
Treat of Ghent ratified
Ended the war of 1812 -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
Utopian society attempt that believed in cooperative communities -
Era of Good Feeling Began
During James Monroe's presidency after the war of 1812 people had a larger sense of nationalism and unity but not much good actually happened -
End of war of 1812
Marked the start of two year piece with Britain shortly after the Treaty of Ghent -
Hartford Convention
New England Federalist Party meet to express concerns about war of 1812 -
James Monroe Elected President
Elected unopposed and in the First Party System Era. Would help define foriegn policy. -
Anglo-American Convention
Determined boundary between the Missouri territory and with Britian (Canada) at the 49th parallel. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain cedes Florida to U.S -
McCulloch vs Maryland
Judicial Branch ruled that the government had the power to create a National Bank and state lacked power to tax the Bank -
Panic of 1819
First major economic crisis in the U.S -
Dartmouth College V. Woodward
Supreme Court said that Dartmouth college charter was protected by the U.S constitution. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a new free state to balance the slave/free state ratio -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Slave revolt planned by Vesey in South Carolina but failed because traitors told whites of the revolt. -
Monroe Doctrine
Document directed to Europeans that the U.S will not tolerate colonization. -
Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
She believed women should be trained to be mothers and teachers and she founded the Hartford Female Seminary -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
Andrew Jackson lost election because Henry Clay influenced House of Representatives and became secretary of state. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
A case about whether NY could have a monopoly to ferry in international waters and a decision that gave the U.S power to regulate interstate commerce -
Erie Canal Completed
Allowed U.S to prosper financially and was completely piad of after 7 years due to tolls. Went from Albany to Lake Erie -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
Charles Finny convert tons of people at camp meetings during the second great awakening and started revivalism and believed in intemperance. -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His “Six Sermons on Intemperance”
Revivalist during the second great awakening who deliveredsermans about the sin of alcohol -
Tariff of Abominations
First Protective tarrif to protect the U.S economy in the North -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
Andrew Jackson one the popular vote after revenge for the corrupt bargain and would set precedent for the two-party system. -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Otherwise known as the Mormans that believe in hard work, saving, dependent communities, and moderation -
Indian Removal Act
Forced Indians to relocate to unsettled lands West of Mississippi passed by Andrew Jackson -
Trail of Tears Began
Forced removal of Indians were they forced to go to the lands beyond the Mississippi river -
Worcester v. Georgia
Said that government had the right to imposes regulations on Indians not states when they vacated Samuel Worcesters conviction. -
Nullification Crisis Began
South Carolina tries to nullify protective tarrif by Andrew Jackson as it seems directed towards hurting the South and South Carolina threatened with succession.(Taxes slowly lifted) -
Black Hawk War
In resistance to the Indian Removal Act led by Suak the Indian tribe leader against the Americans -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
Jackson disliked national banks and believed it was hurting the economy because it was a monopoly run by an authoritarian leader -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.
The Whig party was led by Henry Clay and they opposed Andrew Jackson and believed in protective tarrifs, national banks,and internal improvements. -
Treaty of New Echota
Treaty that ceded Cherokee land to Georgia for money -
Transcendental Club’s First Meeting
Believe that truth was not found by observation but an inner light. (Emerson) -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
Became the Republic of Texas as they did not like Santa Anna and battles were fought like the Alamo -
Battle of the Alamo
Battle where 200 texans were cornered and killed and inspired other people to fight Mexico with Texans -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
required government land to be paid for in gold and silver. Issued by Jackson and enforced by Van Bueren -
First McGuffey Reader Published
First American Textbooks used in schools across the nation -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
Horace Mann started education reform and started monitoring attendance, better trained teachers, change curriculum, and monitory attendance. -
Panic of 1837
Financial crisis that went into the mid 40s started by Andrew Jackson -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
inherited all of Andrew Jacksons problems with the financial crisis and was Jacksons yes man -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the “Divinity School Address”
Says that American should not copy England, but develop their own culture -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
resolving border issues between U.S and Britian -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Peace treaty between Qin dynasty of China -
James Polk Elected President
Led the U.S to war with Mexico and gained lots of territory for U.S -
U.S. Annexation of Texas
Was entered into the union as a slave state and started the Mexican War. -
Start of the Mexican War
American and Mexican troops met at the Rio Grande river and shots began to fire. -
Bear Flag Revolt
Unrecognized breakaway state that broke away from Mexico republic for 25 days. -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
Utopian community attempt that believed a perfectionist community -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty that added 525000 sq/mi to the U.S (four corners, Wyoming, Nevada, and California -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
Thoreau, a transcendilist,wrote about opposition to slavery and imperialism -
Gold Rush Began in California
Americans flocked to the west as gold nuggets were being found to get rich quick and was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Gadsden Purchase
U.S purchased southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico by James Gadsden a U.S ambassador -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the U.S.
Re established regular trade with Japan which hasn't happened in 200 years at the time -
Kanagawa Treaty
First treaty between the U.S and Tokugawa Shogunate.
