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Martin Van Buren Elected President
American statesman who served as the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. -
Second Great Awakening Began
Was a Protestant religious revival during the early 19th century in the United States. -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
Was an American educational reformer and Whig politician dedicated to promoting public education. He served in the Massachusetts State legislature -
Thomas Jefferson Election
Thomas Jefferson was elected president -
Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
Was a literate enslaved blacksmith who planned a large slave rebellion in the Richmond area in 1800. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land -
Marbury v. Madison
A landmark case by the United States Supreme Court which forms the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
the Mormon War, was an armed confrontation between Mormon settlers in the Utah Territory and the armed forces of the United States government. -
Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports. ... In 1806, France passed a law that prohibited trade between neutral parties, like the U.S., and Britain. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, on 22 June 1807, between the British warship HMS Leopard and the American frigate USS Chesapeake. -
James Madison Elected President
The Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney decisively. -
Non-Intercourse Act
Unlike the Embargo, this act only forbade trade with France and Britain -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans
Mills that employed women to work -
End of the War of 1812
A conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
Associated with the territorial expansion of the United States from 1812 to 1860. This era, from the end of the War of 1812 to the beginning of the American Civil War, has been called the "age of manifest destiny". -
Death of Tecumseh
led a remnant of the confederation into an alliance with Britain during the War of 1812. Tecumseh was killed, and the surviving Native Americans withdrew from the alliance. -
The British Burn Washington DC
The Burning of Washington was a British attack against Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, during the War of 1812. -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
Peace negotiations began in Ghent, Belgium, starting in August of 1814 -
Hartford Convection
series of meetings, in which the New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising. -
Battle of New Orleans
Was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812 -
Era of Good feeling Began
Exaltation replaced the bitter political divisions between Federalists and Republicans, between northern and southern states. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Milestone in American diplomacy during the 19th century. -
James Monroe Elected President
In Westmoreland County, Virginia, James Monroe fought under George Washington and studied law with Thomas Jefferson. He was elected the fifth president of the United States in 1817 -
Anglo-American Convention
the pact allowed New England fishermen access to Newfoundland fisheries, established the northern border of Louisiana territory and provided for the joint occupation of the Oregon Country for ten years. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. -
Missouri Compromise
Admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States -
Panic of 1819
First major peacetime financial crisis in the United States followed by a general collapse of the American economy persisting through 1821 -
Dartmouth College V. Woodward
This decision placed important restrictions on the ability of state governments to control corporations. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Led an aborted slave rebellion in Charleston; it aggravated the anxiety about possible federal interference with the institution of slavery -
Monroe Doctrine
A United States policy of opposing European colonialism in The Americas beginning in 1823 -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce. -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (corrupt Bargain)
The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives. -
Erie Canal Completed
In New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System. Originally, it ran 363 miles. -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism. -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
Robert Owen, a Welsh industrialist, and social reformer, purchased the town in 1825 with the intention of creating a new utopian community and renamed it New Harmony. -
Tariff of Abominations
Was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
Featured a re-match between incumbent President John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, who won a plurality of the electoral college vote in the 1824 election. -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His “Six Sermons on Intemperance”
Abolition Movement. Cofounder and leader of the American Temperance Society. His Six Sermons on Intemperance were heard all over the US. -
Indian Removal Act
Law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their lands. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
The form presented to him it was incompatible with “justice,” “sound policy” and the Constitution.The charter was bad policy for several technical reasons. -
Nullification Crisis Began
The convention declared that the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina -
Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.
It originally formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party -
Treaty of new Echota
It cost three men their lives and provided the legal basis for the Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia. -
Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
Nation's public school system radically transformed
-mostly work of the Whigs
-Horace Mann - big on public schools
-McGuffey's Reader
-women became teachers - Catherine Beecher & Mary Lyon -
Transcendental Club’s First Meeting
Met in Massachusetts, to discuss the formation of a new club; their first official meeting was held eleven days later at Ripley's house in Boston. -
First McGuffey Reader Published
The most popular and widely used. It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
The Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos, and formally signed the next day after mistakes were noted in the text. -
Battle of the Alamo
Pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act and carried out by his successor, President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. -
Panic of 1837
Financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the “Divinity School Address”
The common name for the speech Ralph Waldo Emerson gave to the graduating class of Harvard Divinity School on July 15, 1838. -
Trail of Tears Began
As part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Diplomatic agreement between Qing-dynasty China and the United States, signed on July 3, 1844 in the Kun Iam Temple -
James Polk Elected President
When he was inaugurated as the 11th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1849. James K. Polk, a Democrat, assumed office after defeating Whig Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election. -
U.S. Annexation of Texas
The Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–1848. During his tenure, U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
Having spent one night in jail in July of 1846 for refusal to pay his poll tax in protest against slavery and the Mexican War, Thoreau lectured before the Concord Lyceum in January of 1848 on the subject "On the Relation of the Individual to the State." -
Start of the Mexican War
Armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States. It followed in the wake of the 1845 American annexation of the independent Republic of Texas, which Mexico still considered its northeastern province -
Bear Flag Revolt
A revolt of American settlers in California against Mexican rule. It ignited the Mexican War and ultimately made California a state. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
The people in this community rejected notation of family and marrige. All residents were "married" to all other residents -
Gold Rush Began in California
Began when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the U.S.
American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world. -
Kanagawa Treaty
which established "permanent" friendship between the two countries.
-The treaty GUARANTEED that the Japanese **would save shipwrecked Americans* and provide fuel for American ships* also *** opened the opportunity for trade between Japan and the United States The signing of this treaty signaled the end of Japanese isolation.* -
Gadsden Purchase
Square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States purchased via a treaty signed on December 30, 1853, by James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico at that time.
