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Bill of Rights Ratified
In the United States of America, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. -
Eli Whitney invents cotton gin (Social Event)
The cotton gin was created by the American inventor Eli Whitney in 1793 to mechanize the cleaning of cotton. -
The Whiskey Rebellion (Political Event)
In The Whiskey Rebellion, the government decided to tax whiskey in order to pay off the national debt. This infuriated the citizenry and led to the Whiskey Rebellion. -
The Jay's Rebellion (Political Event)
The Jay Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Great Britain which averted war, It solved many issues left over from the American Revolution[ -
The Louisiana Purchase (Political Event)
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French territory Louisiana in 1803. The U.S. paid $11,250,000 plus cancellation of debts worth $3,750,000, a total cost of 15 million dollars for the Louisiana territory. -
Lewis and Clark set out (Political Event)
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was the first overland expedition undertaken by the United States to the Pacific coast and back -
Robert Fulton invents steamboat (Social Event)
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat. -
The Erie Canal (Social Event)
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about 363 miles from Albany on the Hudson River to Buffalo at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Battle of New Orleans
American forces, commanded by General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory America had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase. -
Missouri Compromise (Social Event)
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in Missouri
