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Lost confidence...
By 1800, therefore, President Adams had lost the confidence of many Americans. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the primary draftsman of the Declaration of Independence of the United States and the nation's first secretary of state (1789–94), its second vice president (1797–1801), and, as the third president (1801–09), the statesman responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. -
Louisiana Purchase
The U.S. bought approximately 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for 15 million dollars. it doubled the size of the U.S. -
Atlantic slave trade was outlawed.
The Atlantic slave trade resumed until 1808 when it was outlawed for three reasons: Britain was also in the process of outlawing the slave trade; the Haitian Revolution, a successful slave revolt against French colonial rule in the West Indies, had changed the stakes in the debate; the Haitian Revolution had ended France’s plans to expand its presence in the Americas, the United States had purchased the Louisiana Territory from the French at a fire-sale price. -
James Madison
One of America's Founding Fathers, James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution, co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He established the Democrat-Republican Party with President Thomas Jefferson. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was an armed conflict between the United States and the British Empire. ... Since Canada was a British colony back then, Canadians were also British allies. The Americans objected to the British Empire restricting their trade and snatching their sailors to serve on British ships. -
Declaration of War against Britain
President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Britain. Also known as the war of 1812. -
First offensive against Canada
In July 1812, the United States launched their first offensive against Canada. -
Attack on USS Chesapeake
Americans humiliated the British in single ship battles. In retaliation, Captain Philip Broke of the HMS Shannon attacked the USS Chesapeake, captained by James Lawrence, on June 1, 1813. Within six minutes, the Chesapeake was destroyed and Lawrence mortally wounded. Yet the Americans did not give up. -
Napoleon’s defeat
Napoleon’s defeat in early 1814 allowed the British to focus on North America and blockade American ports. Thanks to the blockade, the British were able to burn Washington, D.C., on August 24, 1814 and open a new theater of operations in the South. -
Treaty of Ghent
This American victory actually came after the United States and the United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814, but the Battle of New Orleans proved to be a psychological victory that boosted American morale and affected how the war has been remembered. -
British sailed for New Orleans
The British sailed for New Orleans, where they achieved a naval victory at Lake Borgne before losing the land invasion to Major General Andrew Jackson’s troops in January 1815. -
James Monroe
James Monroe (1758-1831), the fifth U.S. president, oversaw major westward expansion of the U.S. and strengthened American foreign policy in 1823 with the Monroe Doctrine, a warning to European countries against further colonization and intervention in the Western Hemisphere. -
Harriet Tubman is born into slavery
Born in Dorchester County, Maryland. She worked as a house servant around the age of five or six. About seven years later she was sent to work in the fields. -
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties over the years, he also served as a diplomat, a Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives. -
Andrew Jackson
Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828. Known as the "people's president," Jackson destroyed the Second Bank of the United States, founded the Democratic Party, supported individual liberty and instituted policies that resulted in the forced migration of Native Americans. -
Disestablishment
In 1833, the final state, Massachusetts, stopped supporting an official religious denomination. Historians call that gradual process disestablishment. -
Martin Van Buren
Unlike the seven men who preceded him in the White House, Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) was the first president to be born a citizen of the United States and not a British subject. He rose quickly in New York politics, winning a U.S. Senate seat in 1821 and presiding over a sophisticated state political organization. -
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 9th president of the United States in 1841. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration, and had the shortest presidency in U.S. history. -
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 9th president of the United States in 1841. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration, and had the shortest presidency in U.S. history. -
John Tyler
John Tyler (1790-1862) served as America's 10th president from 1841 to 1845. He assumed office after the death of President William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), who passed away from pneumonia after just a month in the White House. Among his administration's accomplishments was the 1845 annexation of Texas. -
James K. Polk
James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States of America (1845-1849). As President he oversaw the largest territorial expansion in American history— over a million square miles of land—acquired through a treaty with England and war with Mexico. -
Zachary Taylor
Known as a national war hero for his battles in the Mexican War, Zachary Taylor served in the U.S. Army for nearly 40 years before he was elected as the 12th president of the United States in 1849. He led the nation during its debates on slavery and Southern secession. -
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
Harriet escaped North and then later risked her life to save around 70 more enslaved people and lead them to freedom. -
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was born in New York on January 7, 1800. Fillmore began his political career in the anti-Masonic party, but switched to the Whig Party through his association with Henry Clay. As the 13th U.S. president, Fillmore was responsible for forcing open Japan to trade with the Treaty of Kanagawa. -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was elected to the United States Senate in 1837. After resigning in 1842, Pierce joined the temperance movement and worked as an attorney, before going off to fight under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican-American War. In 1852, Pierce was elected president for one term. -
James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States (1857–61). A moderate Democrat well endowed with legal knowledge and experience in government, he lacked the soundness of judgment and conciliatory personality to deal effectively with the slavery crisis and failed to avert the American Civil War (1861–65). -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, who successfully prosecuted the Civil War to preserve the nation. He played in key role in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which officially ended slavery in America. -
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) commanded the victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and served as the 18th U.S. president from 1869 to 1877. During the Civil War, Grant, an aggressive and determined leader, was given command of all the U.S. armies.