Timeline: 1790's-1850's

Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Dec 31, 1859

1790's-1850's

Nov 17, 1792

Election of 1792

George Washington re-elected President

Oct 28, 1793

Cottton Gin Invinted

The cotton Gin was invinted by Eli Whitney. His machine multiplied the amount of cotton cleaned in a day from one to fifty pounds!

Nov 17, 1796

Election of 1796

John Adams elected President

Aug 30, 1800

Gabriel Prosser "revolt"

Prosser was planning a slave revolt on Aug 30 1800 but was postponed by rain. Later two slaves turned him in before he could start the revolt. He escaped but was later turned in by another slave. He, his two brothers and 23 other slaves were hanged.

Nov 17, 1800

Election of 1800

Thomas Jefferson elected President

Nov 17, 1804

Election of 1804

Thomas Jefferson Re-elected President

Nov 17, 1808

Ban on International Slave Trade

Congress prohibits U.S. participation in international slave trade.

Nov 17, 1808

Election of 1808

James Madison elected president

Nov 17, 1812

Election of 1812

James Madison re-elected

Jan 1, 1816

Alabama Fever

People were migrating to western Georgia Alabama and Mississippi because of all the fertile land known as the black belt. This caused the population of this area to more than double.

Nov 17, 1816

Election of 1816

James Monroe elected President

Jan 1, 1819

Missouri crisis

The Missouri crisis arose over the issue of slavery namely the issue of abolishing slavery as settlers moved west.

Jan 1, 1820

Native American migration.

The cost of this migration was that in order for the farmers to gain this land they needed to move the native Americans else where. It started with the creeks after there defeat at horseshoe bend in 1814 and ended with the trail of tears in 1838

Nov 17, 1820

Election of 1820

James Monroe re-elected

Jul 14, 1822

Denmark Vesey conspiricy.

Vesey planned to gather mass amounts of slaves and have them kill their "masters" and then escape to Haiti were they would be free. But two slaves opposed to his idea leaked this news and 35 slaves were hanged including Vesey.

Nov 17, 1824

Election of 1824

Jon Quincy Adams elected President

Nov 17, 1828

Election of 1828

Andrew Jackson elected President

Aug 21, 1831

Nat Turner Revolt.

Nat Turner was a slave in Virginia who led a revolt that resulted with the death of 60 white Americans and 100 African American slaves. This was the largest number of deaths in a single uprising prior to the American Civil war in the south.

Jan 1, 1832