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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is elected as the 3rd president of the United States in a vote of the House of Representatives. -
Ohio
Ohio is admitted to the Union as the 17th U.S. state. -
Louisiana Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson doubles the size of the United States of America with his purchase of the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon's France. The price of the purchase included bonds of $11,250,000 and $3,750,000 in payments to United States citizens with claims against France. -
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War of 1812
U.S. declared war on Britain over Britian's interference and prevetion of American shipping to Europe and over their interference of America's westward expansion.The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent. -
The Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key writes the words to the Star Spangled Banner during the twenty-five hour bombardment of Fort McHenry at the head of the river leading to the Baltimore harbor. -
First Internal Combustion Engine
The internal combustion engine named the "Gas Or Vapor Engine" is patented by American Samuel Morey. -
The Alamo
The battle for the Alamo is waged in San Antonio, Texas when 3,000 Mexican troops under Santa Ana attack the mission and its 189 defenders. Texas troops lose the battle after a thirteen day siege. On March 2, 1836, Texas independence was declared at a convention of delegates from fifty-seven Texas communities at Washington-on-the-Brazos, making them an independent nation free from Mexican rule. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in the town of Colona. Seven months later, on August 19, the New York Herald breaks the news of the gold rush to East Coast readers, prompting eighty thousand prospectors to flood California and the Barbary Coast of San Francisco in 1849. -
President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as president of the United States with Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President. Lincoln would go down as one of the most important presidents in U.S. history. -
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The American Civil War
The Civil War was the conflict between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) over the expansion of slavery into western states and over the preservation of the Union. The war would change the U.S. forever.
