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Second Great Awakening Began
It was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. The membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
It's a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
He was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in the summer of 1800. The information of the revolt leaked and him and his followers were captured and hanged as punishment. -
Thomas Jefferson Elected President
Thomas Jefferson was elected the third President of the United States. He wrote the Declaration of Independence. He's one of the Founding Fathers. -
Louisiana Purchase
It was a land deal between the United States and France. It acquires about 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. It cost 15 million dollars. -
Marbury vs. Madison
It was the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statues, and some government actions that contravene the U.S. Constitution. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
After the Unites States bought the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark left on an expedition to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. -
Embargo Act
Passed by the United State Congress and it prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
It was an engagement between the British warship and the American frigate. -
James Madison Elected President
James Madison was elected as the President of the United States. He won against the Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. -
Non-Intercourse Act
This Act lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports. -
The British Burn Washington DC
British forces under General Robert Ross overwhelm American militiamen at the Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland, and march unopposed into Washington, DC. -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
The phrase is most often associated with the territorial expansion of the United States. -
Death of Tecumseh
Tecumseh lead a remnant of the confederation into an alliance with the British during the War of 1812. At the Battle of Thames, the British and Native Americans were defeated by an American force and Tecumseh was killed. -
Treaty of Ghent
It was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the Unites States and Britain and Ireland. -
Harford Convention
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
He built an American textile manufacturing industry. -
End of the War of 1812
It caused no geographical changes. The 2 countries, Britain and the U.S., made peace for 2 centuries. -
Battle of New Orleans
It was the last major battle of the War of 1812. Under the command of General Andrew Jackson, American forces successfully repelled the invading British army, led by General Edward Pakenham. -
Era of Good Feeling Began
It was the National mood of the United States. It reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire of unity among Americans in the aftermath of the War of 1812. -
James Monroe Elected President
He's from VA. He fought under George Washington and studied law with Thomas Jefferson. He was elected the fifth president of the United States. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
It was a treaty signed between American and the United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. -
Anglo-American Convention
The Convention respecting fisheries, boundary and the restoration of slaves between the United States and the Britain and Ireland. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida treaty was between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S. and made a line between the U.S. and New Spain. -
McColloch v. Maryland
The Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to create the Second Bank of the United States and that the state of Maryland lacked the power to tax the Bank. -
Panic of 1819
The economic expansion ended. Banks throughout the country failed, mortgages were foreclosed, forcing people out of their homes and off their farms. -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
The charter of Dartmouth College granted by King George III of England was a contract and, as such, could not be impaired by the New Hampshire Legislature. John Marshall ruled in their favor, saying that New Hampshire had violated the so called contract clause of the United States Constitution. -
Missouri Compromise
It was an effort from Congress to defuse the sectional and poltitcal rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Vesey planned a slave rebellion but it failed. -
Monroe Doctrine
It was a United States policy that opposed European colonialism in the Americas. The President at the time, James Monroe, stated the doctrine during the seventh annual state of the Union Address to Congress. -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
In George Rapp's Harmony Society, the religious group that owned the property and had founded the communal village of Harmony on the site decided to relocate to Pennsylvania. Owen renamed it New Harmony and established the village as his preliminary model for a utopian community. -
John Quincy Adams Elected as President(Corrupt Bargain)
The House elected John Quincy Adams over the rival Andrew Jackson. It was widely believed that Clay, the Speaker of the House at the time, convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
It established the principle that states cannot, by legislative enactment, interfere with the power of Congress to regulate commerce. -
Erie Canal Completed
The canal was created to have a navigable water route from New York City ad the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
A Presbyterian minister, leading revivalist and social reformer, Lyman Beecher helped build the organization that became known as the "benevolent empire" and gave religion in American its distinctive voluntary stamp. -
Tariff of Abominations
It was opposed by the Southern states that contended that tariff was unconstitutional. The protective tariffs taxed all foreign goods, to boost the sales of US products and protect manufacturers from cheap British goods. -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
He was an American soldier who served as the seventh President of the United States. He gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. -
Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
She published a seminal essay on the importance of women as teachers. -
Indian Removal Act
It was signed by President Andrew Jackson. The 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. -
Charles B Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
He is known as the "Gather of Modern Revivalism". He was the 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 procedures. -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Smith announced a revelation which renamed the church as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Smith and his followers moved west, planning to build a communalistic American Zion. -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Smith announced a revelation which renamed the church as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Smith and his followers moved west, planning to build a communalistic American Zion. -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
It was a blow against monopoly, aristocratic parasites, and foreign domination, as well as great victory for labor. -
Black Hawk War
Later he led a band of Sauk and Fox warriors, known as the British Band, against European-American settlers in Illinois and Present-day Wisconsin in the Black Hawk War -
Worcester v. Georgia
The Supreme Court ruled that because the Cherokee Nation was a separate political entity that could not be regulated by the state, Georgia's license law was unconstitutional and Worcester's conviction should be overturned. -
Nullification Crisis Began
The Nullification Convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina. They said that attempts to use force to collect the taxed would lead to the state's secession. -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.
Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the US. Four US presidents belonged to the party while in office. It was originally formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. -
Treaty of New Echota
It cost Three men their lives and provided the legal basis for the Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia. It was signed, ceding Cherokee land to the U.S. in exchange for compensation. -
Transcendental Club's First Meeting
Hedge, Emerson, Ripley, and Putman met in Cambridge, Massachusetts to discuss the formation of a new club; their first official meeting was held eleven days later at Ripley's house in Boston. -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
It was a formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington on the Brazos and formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text. -
Battle of Alamo
It was a 13 day siege fought and between a handful of 180 American rebels, fighting for Texan independence from Mexico, who were in the Alamo against Mexican forces of about 4000, under President General Santa Anna. -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
The Specie Circular is a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act and carried out by his successor, President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
First McGuffey Reader Published
He is known for the first widely used textbooks in the U.S. William McGuffey, who had a lifelong interest in teaching children, complied the first four readers beginning in 1836. -
Panic of 1837
It was 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. Pessimism abounded during the time. -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
The eighth president of the United States and one of the founders of the Democratic Party. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
It was the name of a speech that Ralph Waldo Emerson gave to the graduation class of Harvard Divinity School. -
Trail of Tears Began
As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears" because of its devastating effects. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Agreement that concluded by the United States, represented by Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and Great Britain. The treaty settled the Northeast Boundary Dispute, which had caused serious conflicts, such as the Aroostook War. -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
It extended to the United States trading privileges equal to those enjoy by Britain. -
James Polk Elected President
Democrat James Polk defeated Whig Henry Clay in a close contest that turned on the controversial issues of slavery and the annexation of the Republic of Texas. -
U.S. Annexation of Texas
The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848. During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. -
Start of the Mexican War
It was a war between the US and Mexico from the United States' annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas. -
Bear Flag Revolt
During the Bear Flag Revolt, from June to July 1846, a small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California an independent republic. -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
He was an American educational reformer and Whig politician dedicated to promoting public education. -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
He was an American preacher, radical religious philosoher, and utopian socialist. He founded the Putney, Oneida, and Wallingford Communities, and is credited with coining the term "complex marriage" -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The war officially ended in Mexico with the treaty. 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. -
Gold Rush Began In California
James W. Marshall, a foreman working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter, found shiny metal in the tailrace of a lumber mill Marshall was building Marshall was building for Sutter on the American River. -
Gadsden Purchase
James Gadsden, US minister of Mexico, and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, signed the Gadsden Purchase. -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the US
He led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
This incident prompted Thoreau to write his famous essay, Civil Disobedience. Thoreau's minor act of defiance caused him to conclude that it was not enough to be simply against slavery and the war. -
Kanagawa Treaty
In Tokyo, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, representing the U.S. government, signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in Japan.
