Visual Representation of the era of good feelings

End of the war of 1812

1815

The ending of the war took place in 1815. This war was fought between the United states and Great Britain that ended in a draw. The treaty of Ghent was signed in Belgium on December 24, 1814. This war helped progress the U.S. in westward expansion because they wanted more land as a result of the war.

Admission of Indiana as a state

1816

Indiana was admitted as a state on December 11, 1816. President Madison approved Indiana’s admission and it became the 19th state in the Union.

James Monroe elected president

1816

James Monroe was elected president of the US as a republican candidate. He received 183 electoral votes and was later reelected in 1820. After this result of the election the federalist party slowly declined because of the losses to the republican party. "A king without power is an absurdity"

Rush-Bagot Treaty

1817

The Rush-Bagot treaty was an agreement between the US and Britain to remove their fleets from the Great lakes. This also limited the amount of naval forces allowed on each lake.

First Seminole war

1817

Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US commended troops to invade Spanish Florida and attack several key locations. By doing this the American forces were able to push the Seminoles further south of Florida. The war ended in 1818. "Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in."

Federick Douglass

1818

Federick Douglass was born on February 1818. He was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. This relates to Sectional tensions because he was able to escape the cruelness of slavery by fleeing to a state that abolished slavery. “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”

Panic of 1819

1819

The Panic of 1819 was the first widespread financial crisis. This issue slowed westward expansion and later led to the collapse of the American economy that lasted through 1821. This relates to the theme economic growth and panic because in order to prevent problems like this in future there needs to be some sort of growth that would change the current economic system.

Acquisition of Florida from Spain

1819

Minister Onis and John Quincy Adams (6th president of the US) made an agreement (treaty of Adams-Onis) in which Spain gave East Florida to the US. Spain received no compensation but the US gave $5 million for damage done by citizens who rebelled. “To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.”

McCulloch v. Maryland

1819

James W. McCulloch, who worked at the US bank refused to pay taxes imposed by the state. The state of Maryland then filed a lawsuit in against him in attempt to collect the money. The court came to the conclusion that the Federal Government had the right and power to set up a Federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the Federal Government.

Missouri Compromise

1820

In order to try and balance the power of congress between slave and free states, a compromise was created. In this compromise Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was a free state.

John C. Calhoun

1820

John C. Calhoun was born on March 18, 1782. He was the 7th vice president of the US and served from 1825 to 1832. Since he was born in South Carolina he defended Slavery and tried to protect the interests of White Southerners. However around the 1820's his views changed. "I want no presidency; I want to do my duty."

Susan B. Anthony

1820

Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, near Adams, Massachusetts. She was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who had a strong impact on the women's suffrage movement. This relates to nationalism and unity because Susan B. Anthony was able to unify people together for the Women's suffrage movements. "Independence is happiness."

Monroe Doctrine

1823

This Doctrine was James Monroe's message that warned European powers not to interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. The doctrine was created to fix current concerns, but it later more important to the US polices. This relates to foreign policy and diplomacy because the Monroe Doctrine delt with foreigners getting involved with problems of America.

Daniel Webster

1823

Daniel Webster was born on January 18, 1782. He was an American lawyer and statesman. Webster was a very well known lawyer he argued over 200 supreme court cases. "I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American."

Gibbons v. Ogden

1824

Aaron Ogden had a license to navigate steamboats between New York City and the New Jersey coast. Ogden was competing with Thomas Gibbons, who had been given permission to use the waterways by the federal government. After the State of New York denied Gibbons access to the New York Bay, he sued Ogden. The case ended with the ruling in favor of Gibbon and to have Congress, not the states, regulate interstate commerce.

Henry Clay

1825

Henry Clay (born on April 12 1777) was appointed secretary of the state by John Quincy Adams on March 7, 1825. Clay began working on the same day he was appointed and continued to serve as secretary until March 3, 1829. He aided in the Rise of the American System that planned to strengthened and unified the nations economic system. “The Union is my country; the thirty States are my country.”

Indian removal act

1830

This act was signed by Andrew Jackson on may 28, 1830. This act authorized the president to exchange land with the Natives, who had settlement in US territory. However if the Natives refused to leave their home, Jackson would send soldiers to forcefully remove them from the land.

Age of Reform

Period: 1830 to 1850

The age of reform was a period focusing on specific problems. Many movements were started that targeted these issues in order to improve the current society.