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Capital moves
The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C -
Ohio outlaws slavery
September. James Callender makes the accusation that Thomas Jefferson has "for many years past kept, as his concubine, one of his own slaves," Sally Hemings. It is published in the Richmond Recorder that month, and the story is soon picked up by Federalist presses around the country. Callender, a Republican, has previously been an avid investigator of Federalist scandals. In 1798, Jefferson had helped pay for the publication of Callender's pamphlet The Prospect Before Us -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana territory sold to the United States for $ 15 million by France. -
Lewis and Clark departs
The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River. -
Hamilton is dead
Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. -
Aaron Captured
Aaron Burr is captured near New Orleans. He escapes but is recaptured and imprisoned. In April, Burr is charged with treason and tried in Richmond in a federal circuit court presided over by John Marshall.* Burr is acquitted. Later, with other charges pending, Burr escapes to England. -
British warship attack
The British warship Leopard attacks the American ship Chesapeake off the Virginia coast because its captain refused to allow the British to board and search for deserters. Three American seamen are killed and eighteen wounded as the British force a boarding and remove four alleged deserters. After learning of the attack on June 25, Jefferson calls an emergency cabinet meeting. -
War of 1812
War of 1812 with Britain. -
Alabama Says it a slave state
Alabama admitted as slave state, bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers. -
Mexico becomes republic
Mexico becomes a republic – outlaws slavery -
New york stops slavery
New York illegalize slavery -
Texas declares independence
Texas declares independence from Mexico -
Depression Begins
Depression begins with "Panic of 1837" -
Oregon becomes a state
Oregon admitted as State -
South Carolina leaves America
South Carolina Secedes
