1790-1860 Timeline

Delaware

Dec 7, 1787

Pennsylvania

Dec 12, 1787

New Jersey

Dec 18, 1787

Georgia

Jan 2, 1788

Connecticut

Jan 9, 1788

Massachusetts

Feb 6, 1788

Maryland

Apr 28, 1788

South Carolina

May 23, 1788

New Hampshire

Jun 21, 1788

Virginia

Jun 25, 1788

New York

Jul 26, 1788

Alien and Sedition Acts

Jan 1, 1789

Said that people coming from different countries were "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States"

George Washington Presidency

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

North Carolina

Nov 21, 1789

Manifest Destiny

Period: Mar 9, 1790 to Mar 9, 1860

Expansion of the United States

Rhode Island

May 29, 1790

Whiskey Rebellion

Period: Mar 1, 1791 to Jul 10, 1795

The Whiskey Rebellion resulted in armed resistance elimination and minor tax evasion

Vermont

Mar 4, 1791

Kentucky

Jun 1, 1792

Tennessee

Jun 1, 1796

Washington's Farewell Address

Sep 19, 1796

Warned people about political dangers

John Adams Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

Thomas Jefferson Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

Louisiana Purchase

Mar 9, 1802

828,000 square miles

Ohio

Mar 1, 1803

Chief Justice John Marshall

Period: Mar 8, 1803 to Mar 8, 1824

Maybury v. Madison/ Fletcher v. Peck/ McCulloch v. Maryland/ Cohens v. Virginia/ Gibbons v. Ogden/ Darmouth College v. Woodward

Lewis & Clark Expedition

May 9, 1804

James Madison Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

War of 1812

Period: Mar 9, 1812 to Mar 9, 1814

U.S. Versus Canada and Native Americans

War of 1812

Period: Mar 9, 1812 to Aug 9, 1814

U.S. versus Canada and Native Americans

Louisiana

Apr 30, 1812

Indiana

Dec 11, 1816

James Monroe Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

Mississippi

Dec 10, 1817

Illinois

Dec 3, 1818

Transcontinental Treaty

Mar 9, 1819

Also called Adams-Onís Treaty or the Purchase of Florida

Missouri Compromise

Mar 9, 1819

Missouri requested for slavery to be permitted

Alabama

Dec 14, 1819

Maine

Mar 15, 1820

Missouri compromise

Mar 23, 1821

Separate free states and slave states
Stop new slavery growth

Missouri

Aug 10, 1821

Monroe Doctrine

Dec 1, 1823

Warns European nations that the United States would't tolerate colonization

John Quincy Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

Andrew Jackson Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

William Lloyd Garrison

Mar 9, 1830

Abolishinist

John Brown

Mar 9, 1830

Was a white man who belived armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow slavery

Abolishinist Movement

Period: Mar 9, 1830 to Mar 9, 1870

Attempted to end slaverly

Nat Turners Rebellion

Aug 9, 1831

Slave uprising in the south

Arkansas

Jun 15, 1836

Michigan

Jan 26, 1837

Martin Van Buren Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

Trail of Tears

Mar 9, 1838

Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Mar 9, 1840

Women's rights activist

William Henry Harrison Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

John Tyler Presidency

Period: Apr 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

Florida

Mar 3, 1845

James K. Polk Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849

Texas

Dec 29, 1845

Mexican American War

Period: Apr 25, 1846 to Feb 2, 1848

Resulted in American victory

Iowa

Dec 28, 1846

Wisconsin

May 26, 1848

Senca Falls Convention

Jul 9, 1848

First Women's rights convention

Zachary Taylor Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Mar 4, 1850

Millard Fillmore Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1850 to Mar 4, 1853

Susan B. Anthony

Mar 9, 1850

Woman's rights activist

California

Sep 9, 1850

Franklin Pierce Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

Harriet Tubman

Mar 9, 1853

"The conductor of the Underground Railroad"

James Buchanan Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

Minnesota

May 11, 1858

Oregon

Feb 14, 1859

Abraham Lincolon Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Sojourner Truth

Mar 9, 1926

Wanted equal rights for African-Americans and women

Fredrick Douglas

Mar 9, 2015