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Cotton Gin was invented
Eli Whitney invented cotton gin in 1794. He made cotton a profitable crop in the Southern United States which lead to a rise in slavery. -
XYZ Affair
A diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats resulted in the Quasi-War. Adams handed over the names of the French agents replaced with the letters X, Y and Z which is why it is called the XYZ Affair. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was adeal between France and the United States which got the United States approximately 827,000 square miles for $15 million from France. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
A treaty between the United States and and Spain in 1819 gave Florida to the US and it showed the boundary between the US and New Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to take away the sectional and political rivalries caused by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be allowed. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent in 1823. It says that actions by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention. -
Indian Removal Act/Trail of Tears
The Indian Removal Act forced the 5 Indian tries to leave East of The Mississippi River but the Cherokee tribe moved to Georgia and fought the eviction by taking Georgia to court. The court said the do not have to move but Andrew Jackson still made them move by gunpoint and he made them move West. But 1 out of 4 Cherokee died on route which is why it is called the Trail of Tears. -
The Battle of the Alamo
The battle of the Alamo is an event that led up to Texas claiming it’s independance. After a small group of Texans were defeated by Mexican General Santa Anna, the Texa army became stronger and won a battle against the Mexican forces San Jacinto and gained independence. -
Texas Claims Independence
During the Texas Revolution a group of Texans meet and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico. They also created a constitution that let there be free practice of slavery, which had been illegal in the Mexican law. -
Trail of Tears
Cherokee Indians were forced to move West of Georgia and 1 out of 4 Cherokee died on route which is why it is called the Trail of Tears. -
Texas annexed to U.S.
Texas was accepted as the 28th state of the United States after gaining independence from Spain. -
Mexican-American War
Because of the Mexican- American War, Texas gained its independence from Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe ended the Mexican- American War after Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers and killed about a dozen people in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor. -
Agreement of 49th Parallel
The Treaty of 1818 set the 49th Parallel as a border with Canada from Rupert's Land west to the Rocky Mountains. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This ended the Mexican- American War. The treaty had the US pay Mexico $15 million and in order to pay off the claims of American citizens against Mexico they had to pay up to $3.5 million. -
California becomes a state
31st state in the union (without ever even having been a territory). -
Gadsden Purchase
A 29,640-square-mile region of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A bill that allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders (popular sovereignty).
