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The Hatian Revolution
The Hatian Revolution inspired enslaved and free black Americans to seek for further freedom. -
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Exports Rise in Value
After the French Revolutionary War, Europe was devastated. So between 1793 and 1815, American exports rose in value from $20.2 million to $108.3 million. -
Gabriel's Rebellion
Slave Gabriel and around 1,000 other slaves planned an attack in Richmond, Virginia. Their goal was to end slavery. -
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The Market Revolution
The Market Revolution remade America. American Industry rose due to new technologies, transportation, and communitcation methods. -
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Thomas Jefferson
He was the 3rd President of the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
In the year of 1803, United States bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon for $15 million. This purchase doubled the size of the United States. -
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"Impressment" into the service of British Navy
Around six thousand American sailors where "impressed" into the service of the British Navy between 1803 and 1812. -
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Lewis and Clark's expedition
Lewis and Clark's expedition gave the United States claim Oregon. -
Native Alliances
American colonists feared Native uprisings after Tenskwatawa and Tecumeseh built alliances in 1805. -
Embargo Act
In the year of 1807, the Brittisch attacked the USS Chesapeake and many Americans wanted a war with the British. However, the president of America wanted a "peaceable coercion" so, alongside Congress, enforced The Embargo Act. The Embargo Act cosed foreign trade in hopes of avoiding war. -
First Commercial Steamboat
In New York, 1807, Robert Fulton established the first commercial steamboat in the Hudson River. By 1830, more than two hundred comercial steamboats would move in western rivers. -
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James Madison
He was the 4th President of the United States. -
War of 1812
On June 18, 1812, Madison signed the declaration of war with Great Britain. The War of 1812 consisted of three stages. The first stage lasted until 1813 and was when Great Britain fought against Napoleon and United States invaded Canada. The second stage is when the United States lauched their second offensive against Canada. The third stage concluded with Andrew Jackson's victory in 1815 In Louisiana. -
War of 1812 Native Americans
During the War of 1812, Tecumseh and his followers found new opportunities to seize several American Forts as the United States was distracted with Great Britain. Native Americans also solicited British aid during the War of 1812. -
Napoleon Defeated
He was defeated in 1814 and allowed Great Britain to only focus on the United States during the War of 1812. -
New Agricultural Technologies
New agricultural technologies took place between the years of 1815 and 1850. One of the most famous agricultural technology was Cyrus McCormick's horse-dawn mechanical reaper. -
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James Monroe
He was the 5th President of the United States. -
Florida
On the Adams Onis Treaty of 1819, the United States gained the state of Florida. -
Missouri Compromise
Under the Misouri Compromise, the Congress would admit Missouri as a slave state, Congress would admit Maine as a free state, and the rest of the Louisiana territory would be divided along 36°30' line of latititude and slavery would not be permited north of this line. -
Alcohol
Alcohol became a big problem by the 1820's. Movements ,like the temperance crusade, fought to minimize the consumption of alchol. -
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Immigrant Groups
Groups like Irish, Jews, and Germans sought new lives and economic oportunites in America. -
The Erie Canal
New York State completed the Erie Canal in 1825. The Erie Canal linked the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean. This human-made waterway is 350 miles long. -
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John Quincy Adams
He was the 6th President of the United States. -
Railroads
The first long-distance rail line in the United States was lauched from Maryland 1827. By 1860, Americans had more than thirty thousand miles of railroads. -
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Andrew Jackson
He was the 7th President of the United States. -
Slavery Still Remains in the North
A census performed in the 1830 suggested that 3,500 people were still enslaved in the North. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson wanted to remove Native Americans from the land east of the Mississippi River. The Indian Removal Act wanted to move all Natives further west. -
Textile Companies
Textile companies made up 88 out of 106 American corporation in the year of 1832. -
Force Bill of 1833
This Bill authorized Jackson to send the military to enforce the in South Carolina. -
Five main cotton-growing states
South Carolina, Gerogia, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi produced five hundred million pounds of Petit Gulf. -
Treaty of New Echota
To avoid further tribal bloodshed, a Cherokee named John Ridge signed the Treaty of New Echota. This treaty sold lands in Georgia for $5 million and as Native Americans signed this treaty, they hoped to prevent further conflict with white settlers. -
Texas Gains Independence
Texas declared independence on March 2,1836. They succesfuly left Mexico and became the Republic of Texas. -
Treaty of Velasco
Santa Anna was captured and forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco on May 14, 1836, in which he agreed that Texas was independent so he had to withdraw his army. -
The Panic of 1837
The Panic of 1837 lead to economic depression. Capitals of American Backs dropped around 40%, prices fell (such as the value of cotton dropped 50%), and economic activity slowed. -
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Martin Van Burren
He was the 8th President of the United States. -
The Colored American
This was an early black newspaper in America. -
Trail of Tears
President Martin van Buren decided to order an army to remove all Cherokee that did not obey the Treaty of New Echota's cession of territory. Around sixteen thousand Cherokee left for the west and only ten thousand completed it due to harsh weather, difficult planning, and difficult travel. This is know as the Trail of Tears. -
Whig Party
The Whigh Pary gained public support after the Panic of 1837. They organized their first convention in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1838. -
Fourierism
Member of the Brook Farm and George Ripley began to practice Fourierism as vision of society based on cooperate principles. -
General Anti-Slavery Convention
In 1840, the General Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840, consisted of 500 abolitionists. They met in England with the goal of ending slavery. -
William Henry Harrison
He was the 9th President of the United States and victor at the Battle of Tippecanoe. -
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John Tyler
He was the 10th President of the United States. -
Child Labor
Child labor became a big issue in the American labor movement. Massachusetts passed a law that prohibited children under age of twelve to work more than ten hours a day. -
Telegraph
Samuel Morse had persuaded Congressto fund a forty-mile telegraph line in 1843. This telegraph line connected Washington D.C. to Baltimore. Telegraph lines were very useful to spread information. -
Texas Becomes a State
Tyler extended an official offer to Texas to become a state on March 3, 1845. Texas agreed and became a state on July 4, 1845, becoming the twenty-eigth state. -
Manifest Destiny
John Louis O'Sullivan wrote "Manifest Destiny" and viewed that it God's command to expand United States and spread democracy. -
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James K. Polk
He was the 11th President of the United States. -
U.S. invades Mexico
In the year of 1846, the U.S. Army ,under the control of General Winfield, took control of Mexico City. Peace came of February 2, 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe was signed. -
The California Gold Rush
In January 1848, gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in California. Many Americans travelled to California in hopes of finding gold, too. By the end of 1850's Chinese and Mexican immigrants made up around one fifth of the mining population in California. -
"Resistance to Civil Government"
In 1849, Henry David Thoreau wrote "Resistance to Civil Govenment" and he had an enthusiasm for self-sufficiency, communion with nature, and simple living. -
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Zachary Taylor
He was the 12th President of the United States. -
The Whig Party Declines
The Whig Party had constant disagrements about slavery and broke apart because of the Compromise of 1850. -
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Millard Fillmore
He was the 13th President of the United States. -
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Franklin Pierce
He was the 14th President of the United States. -
Gadsden Purchase
In 1854, America gainded new territories from the north of Mexico in 1854. This newly gained territory would later become parts of Arizona and New Mexico. -
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James Buchanan
He was the 15th President of the United States. -
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Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th President of the United States. -
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Civil War
This deadly war caused the deaths of around seven thousand people. This war was against the Union and the Confederate States of America. Slavery was one of the main causes of the war. -
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Andrew Johnson
He was the 17th President of the United States. -
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Ulysses S. Grant
He was the 18th President of the United States.