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In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected 3rd president of the United States with Aaron Burr as his Vice President. He was reelected in 1804.
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President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana territory for 15 million.
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On March 4, 1809, James Madison was sworn in as the 4th president of the United States after being elected the previous November. George Clinton was his vice president.
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The Battle of Tippecanoe was fought between the Indians under Tecumseh versus William Henry Harrison. Harrison won.
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President James Madison declared war on Great Britain, causing the War of 1812. One of the main reasons was the British impressment. The war ended in February of 1815 when The Treaty of Ghent was signed, declaring all conquered territories to be returned.
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James Monroe was elected the 5th president of the United States in 1816, and was reelected in 1820. Daniel Tompkins was his Vice President for both terms.
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The Missouri Compromise was passed in March of 1820. It allowed Missouri to be admitted and slavery to exist in Missouri, but not west of Mississippi River.
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John Quincy Adams served as the 6th president of the United States, for only 1 term. John Calhoun was his vice president.
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Elected in March of 1829, Andrew Jackson became the 7th president of the US. His first term, John Calhoun served as his Vice President. After his reelection in 1832, his Vice President was Martin Van Buren.
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The Indian Removal Act was approved to relocate tribes east of the Mississippi River.
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Elected in December of 1836, Martin Van Buren became the 8th president of the United States. His Vice President was Richard Johnson.
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William Henry Harrison was elected 9th president of the United States with John Tyler as his Vice President. He died 1 month later of pneumonia.
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James Polk was elected the 11th president with George Dallas as his Vice President.
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The US declared war on Mexico in 1846 in the hopes of gaining new territory. It ended in February of 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. This gave a lot of Mexico's territory to the US.
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The Compromise of 1850 resolved several disputes over slavery.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave freedom to citizens to make the decision about whether or not slavery was allowed in their territory.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president of the US in 1860 with Andrew Johnson as his Vice President. He was known for helping abolish slavery and was also assassinated April 15, 1865.
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Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared all slaves to be freed. This was crucial to the US as it helped destroy the slave industry.
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The 13th amendment, passed in 1865, declared slavery as unconstitutional.
