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Fulton’s steamboat was launched, carrying passengers between Albany and New York City.
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Francis Scott Key creates the national anthem in Baltimore watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
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Democratic Republican, James Monroe, wins the election with a margin of 183 to 34.
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Also known as the Dallas tariff, protects manufactured goods made in the U.S from foreign competition.
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Cumberland Road, also called National Road,is first federal highway in the United States and for several years the main route to what was then the Northwest Territory.
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Also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, Spain gave Florida to the U.S.
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The Supreme Court held that Congress has implied powers derived from those listed in Article I, Section 8. The “Necessary and Proper” Clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank.
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A United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823.
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The Erie Canal is a canal 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 from Albany, on the Hudson River, to Buffalo, at Lake Erie.
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Samuel Colt patents the Six Barrel Revolver, a specialized gun that can shoot up to 6 bullets.
