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The United States experienced a massive wave of religious revivals. Major sects grew exploded in popularity. Reformers sought to root out injustice and suffering. Religious reform and activism help human rights movements. This resulted in many social movements seen later in this timeline.
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Thomas Jefferson was one of the most important and influential founding fathers. He was the author of the declaration of independence and he advocated strongly for democracy. He was the third president.
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The Louisiana purchase was a purchase made from the french. The French owned the entire Louisiana territory, including the New Orleans port. America wanted to buy the port, but after multiple rounds of negotiations, eventually bought the entire teritory, doubling the size of the us.
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The War of 1812 was fought against the British in response to British blockades and trade restrictions, negatively impacting the economy of the new nation, along with the impressment of american Seamen. This was Americas second major victory against the British.
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Often called "The Era of the Common Man", Democrats wanted every american to have a competitive chance in the economic and political spaces. Jacksonian democracy marked the start of American political culture, introducing practices like the two-party system. It shifted from an aristocratic landscape to an inclusive on, allowing all white men to vote.
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The temperance movement was an alcohol use movement trying to prevent drinking and change the american culture surrounding drinking. Based in religious ideas ushured in by the great awakening.
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Andrew Jackson had initiated an Indian removal policy that forced all natives to relocate west of the Mississippi River, Called the Indian Removal Act. The Trail of Tears followed this, forcing westward migration of American Indian tribes from the South westward. As many as 4,000 died of disease, starvation and exposure.
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The Mexican American War was caused by territory disputes between Mexico, America, and colonists in Texas. Texas wanted to gain independence from Mexico and America wanted to continue expansion west, so they fought. Texas was independent for a decade before becoming the 28th state.
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The Seneca Falls Convention set the women's suffrage movement into motion. Women came together to discuss the roles of women and the political and social rights they deserved alongside men. Feminists issue the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments.
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The beginning of the Civil War, Southerns called their "rights" to both own slaves and secede. Protecting slavery was important to the south, Justifying secession and war for southern leaders. This was the start of the Confederation, The Union, and the Civil War.
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The surrender of the last large confederate force, ending the civil war
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Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Yay!