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The Treaty of Greenville
Which was for several years a boundary between Native American territory and lands open to European-American settlers. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. -
The National Road
The National Road, in many places known as Route 40, was built between 1811 and 1834 to reach the western settlements. It was the first federally funded road in U.S. history. -
The Steamboat Invented
Her first historic journey was in 1807, Fulton advertised his boat to the public as THE NORTH RIVER STEAMBOAT. The vessel made her first voyage with commercial paying passengers up the NORTH RIVER. -
The Battle of Tippecanoe
A significant defeat for Tecumseh's American Indian Confederation. -
The War of 1812
The United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future. The war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade. -
Indiana becomes a State
Congress had carved out the Indiana Territory from the organic Northwest Territory, the first new sub region to be so designated. -
The Missouri Compromise
The decisive votes in the House admitted Maine as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and made free soil all western territories north of Missouri’s southern border. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
An agreement between the United States and Spain As part of the agreement, the United States obtained the territory of Florida. -
John Quincy Adams President
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 he was outspoken in his opposition to slavery and in support of freedom of speech, Adams was elected to the House of Representatives in 1830; he would serve until his death in 1848. -
The Erie Canal
After more than two years of digging, the 425-mile Erie Canal was opened on October 26, 1825. The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River. -
Andrew Jackson President
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, seeking to act as the direct representative of the common man. -
The Trail of Tears
The federal government forced them to leave their homelands and walk thousands of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River. This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the Trail of Tears. -
The Battle of the Alamo
Led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort. The Battle of the Alamo became an enduring symbol of their heroic resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence, which they won later that year. -
Texas Annexed
The idea of annexing Texas was popular in the South, but widely opposed in the North. Not only would Texas represent another slave state, but the nature of Texas society did not appeal to cultivated New Englanders. -
The California Gold Rush
One of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852. -
The Compromise of 1850
September 1850 War were resolved in the Compromise of 1850. It consisted of laws admitting California as a free state, creating Utah and New Mexico territories with the question of slavery in each to be determined by popular sovereignty, -
California becomes part of the United States
California becomes the 31st state in the union (without ever even having been a territory). -
The Kansas/Nebraska Act
Bill that mandated “popular sovereignty”–allowing settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders. -
The Dred Scott Decision
The United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, affirming the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the Western territories, there by negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party.
