Timeline

  • Deceleration of independence

    Separation of 13 colonies from Great Britain
  • Free African Society was founded

    First black mutual aid association in Philadelphia
  • The Residence Act

    Designated the permanent capital of the U.S.
  • 12th amendment

    Presidents and vice presidents are elected together
  • The war of 1812

    American imprisoned by Great Britain
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non slave state
  • Monroe Doctrine

    European powers should not interfere with American affairs
  • Election of 1828

    Rise of Jacksonian democracy
  • Catholic church opposes slavery

    Pope condemns slavery
  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Dred Scott sues for freedom and is ruled still a slave.