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June. The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
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us history from 1800-1860
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Louisiana Purchase,
efferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific -
New Jersey
Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken -
Jefferson is re-elected president
He receives the votes of all state electors except those of Connecticut, Delaware, and two from Maryland. George Clinton is his vice president. -
Jefferson nominates James Monroe and William Pinckney as joint commissioners to Great Britain
British warships have been boarding and searching American ships and seizing American as well as British seamen -
Jefferson issues a proclamation declaring that "sundry persons
citizens of the U.S. or resident within the same, are conspiring & confederating...against the dominions of Spain" and requiring that all military and civil officials of all states and territories of the United States prevent "the carrying on such expedition or enterprise by all lawful means within their power -
Aaron Burr is captured near New Orleans
He escapes but is recaptured and imprisoned. In April, Burr is charged with treason and tried in Richmond in a federal circuit court presided over by John Marshall. -
The British warship Leopard attacks the American ship Chesapeake
Three American seamen are killed and eighteen wounded as the British force a boarding and remove four alleged deserters. After learning of the attack on June 25, Jefferson calls an emergency cabinet meeting. -
another president
james madison is elected president -
war brakes out
War of 1812 with Britain -
U.S. defeats British
at the Battle of the Thames (in which
Tecumseh is killed). British burn Buffalo, New York. -
British burn Washington
DC, including the White House.
U.S. wins Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor
(witness Francis Scott Key later writes “The Star-Spangled
Banner”). WAR ENDS with signing of Treaty of Ghent. -
British are defeated at the Battle of New Orleans
(two weeks after Treaty of Ghent is signed).
American settlers begin large migration to the “Old Southwest” (Alabama and Mississippi). -
Congress passes the first tariff
that is intended to protect U.S. industry rather than raise revenue.
Second Bank of the United States begins its twenty-year charter.
Indiana enters Union as 19th state. -
Construction of Erie Canal begins
to connect the Great Lakes and the Ohio
and Mississippi valleys with the Hudson River (and the Atlantic Ocean).
Seminoles attack white settlers in Florida and Georgia.
Mississippi enters Union as 20th state.
William Cullen Bryant publishes “To a Waterfowl.” -
Connecticut abolishes property
ownership as a requirement for voting.
Illinois enters Union as 21st state. -
Supreme Court upholds right of federal government
to charter a national bank, thus affirming that
it holds “implied powers” beyond those stated in the Constitution (Mc
Culloch v. Maryland).
U.S. acquires Florida from Spain by treaty; Andrew Jackson becomes military governor in 1821.
Alabama enters union as 22nd state. -
Santa Fe Trail is opened from Independence,
MO, to Santa Fe, NM.
First American settlers (300 families) arrive in Texas.
Massachusetts and New York end property qualifications for voting.
First public high school opens in Boston.
First American tunnel (450 ft.) opens in Pennsylvania. -
Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is eighty-three years old. Several hours later John Adams, aged 90, dies in Massachusetts, and the nation is struck by this remarkable coincidence. -
new president
Lincoln elected President