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This post route follows a old path going from Nashville, Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi was established in 1800. -
Founded by two classical educators in 1800, the library's home is still located in Washington D.C. -
This census was conducted in August of 1800. The total population at the time was 5,308,483 people in the entire U.S. -
In 1800, a year before he was no longer president, John Adams becomes the first president to live in the White House. -
He became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1801. -
After tying with Aaron Burr, Jefferson won the presidency from one vote from the House of Representatives. -
The third president was inaugurated in 1801 in the United States Capitol Building in D.C. -
This became the first Barbary war, against Barbary pirates. The U.S. had refused to pay some tribute to commerce raiding cosiars from Arabia. -
The popular magazine's very first edition was published by Alexander Hamilton and is the America's oldest magazine. -
A few months after West Point, New York was established, the United States Military Academy opened to the public. -
He went on a thirty-two hour trip through the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, a 150 mile trip. -
This was its first U.S. law in Marbury vs Madison for the United States Supreme Court to overturn. -
The very first First Lady of the United States sadly died of a fever on May 22, 1802. -
Even after a negotiated peace, the war with the Barbary pirates continues in 1802. -
Pleading for peace with Europe and payment for the national debt, Jefferson addresses in his Second State of the Nation address. -
The 17th state in 1803 was the state of Ohio. -
This very important purchase paved the way for expansion westward that would have a significant mark on history. Jefferson bought it from France. -
This state became the last northern state to abolish slavery. -
Upon purchasing the vast Louisiana Territory, Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to explore the lands and discover new territory. He and William Clark trekked across America for around two years with the help of a friendly Native American explore, Sacagawea.
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Longtime political rivals, Hamilton and Burr have a duel illegally in New Jersey where Burr fires a gun straight to Hamilton's head, killing him. -
A huge milestone in history is Webster's publishing of the first American English dictionary. -
He would become a strong military office and general a few wars, one of which was the Civil War. -
Congress's act prohibiting slave importation, said that no slave anywhere would be imported into any port in the United States. -
It was incorporated by John Jacob Astor in 1808. -
Defeating Charles C. Pinckney, Madison won the presidential election in 1808 becoming the fourth United States president. -
The seventeenth president was born in 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina. -
Honest Abe, the sixteenth president, was born in 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. -
This fur company was also incorporated by John Jacob Astor. -
At first it was called the Cumberland Road but the National Road's contract for construction was assigned in 1811. -
The governor of Indiana, William Henry Harrison, defeated the Indian brothers, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, along with their Indian troops in 1811. -
The War of 1812 begins with the U.S. Navy defeating the British. Many battles where to follow, switching back and forth in British's favor then the United States's favor. -
Madison wins yet another term of presidential office amidst the brewing war. -
Occurring in Toronto, Canada, this battle was held when the American soldiers destroy and raid the city. -
Even though the American's army was three times the size of the British's in this battle, they ended losing. -
British general Robert Ross, following up the victory at the Battle of Bladensburg, burned the White House, Capitol building, Library of Congress, U.S. Treasury, and War Department. -
The United States naval forces won this battle with the U.S.S. Ticonderoga as an important piece. -
Francis Scott Key wrote these this beautiful declaration in 1814. -
Monroe defeated Rufus King in this 1816 election. -
The canal started its long construction process in Rome, New York. It wouldn't be completed until 1825. -
Jackson and his American troops invade Florida to take over the territory in the Seminole War. -
Supported by Henry Clay, the Missouri Compromise bill is passed in Congress in 1820. -
President Monroe wins his second term of presidency in 1820, defeating John Quincy Adams in a landslide. -
The United States got involved in a conflict with an Indian tribe after they attacked a trapping party a few moths either. -
John Stevens, of Hoboken, New Jersey, built and operated an experimental steam locomotive, the first of its kind. -
Adams wins the presidential election in 1825 with John C. Calhoun as his Vice President. -
In the Democratic party, Jackson is elected to the presidential office in 1829. -
William Austin Burt invented the first typewriter, then called the typographer in 1829. -
Nat Turner, a back slave kills fifty-seven white people in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831. -
Jackson won the popular vote in his second election as president in 1833. -
McCormick finishes inventing the reaper after his father did in 1834. -
This battle was a major turning point for Texas as the state had its revolution in 1835. -
This battle was between Mexico and Texas in San Antonio, Texas. But during this battle, Texas declared and gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. -
Van Buren wins for the Democrats in the presidential election in 1837. -
Tyler was sworn into office after Harrison died in 1841. -
Harrison is elected president in 1841 only to die of pneumonia a month after being sworn into office. He was the first and only president to have the shortest term of office. -
Polk becomes president in 1845, defeating Henry Clay. -
American officer, General Winfield Scott, attacked the Capultepec fortress on September 12. But when he finally entered Mexico City, it was already deserted by Santa Anna. -
Mexican War hero, Taylor, won the presidential election in 1849. -
He was sworn into office as the result of Zachary Taylor's death the day before in 1850. -
This first Young Men’s Christian Association opened in Boston, Massachusetts in 1851. -
Pierce wins the election of 1852. -
Buchanan wins the presidential office in 1857. -
The Republican candidate beat out three other opponents in the election. Lincoln took a stand on the anti-slavery side. -
He won very easily against George B. McClellan this term.
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Actor, John Wilkes Booth, fired the shot to Lincoln's head at Ford's Theatre in D.C. The beloved president would die a day later. -
Succeeding Lincoln's death, Johnson is sworn into office right after his death. -
Grant victoriously defeated Horatio Seymour in the presidential debate. -
As a women's suffragette, Anthony wanted to make it loud and clear that women were allowed to vote by placing her own vote for the president.