1800s- 1876

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson was elected the third president of the United States.
  • Treaty of Cession

    also known as the Deed of Cession of Manuʻa, was a treaty between Tui Manuʻa Elisala and the United States signed on 16 July 1904 that ceded the islands of Manuʻa to the United States, which now forms part of American Samoa. It was ratified by the United States Congress by the Ratification Act
  • Election of 1808

    Jefferson decided not to run again
    James Madison
    Charles Pinckney
  • Britain and Napoleon at War

    Orders of Council
    Royal Navy and impressment
  • Non-intercourse Act

    Ineffective
    Replaced with May 1810 bill
  • James Madeson

    He was the 4th President of the United States.
    He took office on March 4, 1809 and left office on March 4, 1817.
    He was followed by James Monroe.
  • John Marshall

    continued Federalist policies
    Judicial authority
    Supremacy of national laws
    Traditional property rights
  • Steamboat

    The Scottish Engineer named Henry Bill built a steam powered boat in the year 1812. The steam boat was called Comet. It was the first successful commercial steam boat built in Europe. Now looking back Comet was the very boat that caused the beginning of a revolution in the navigation industry.
  • James Monroe

    was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fifth President of the United States from 1817 to 1825. Monroe was the last president of the Virginia dynasty, and his presidency ushered in what is known as the Era of Good Feelings
  • Lawn mower

    The credit for inventing the first ever lawn mower in the year 1830 goes to an English engineer Edward Beard Budding. His Lawn mower consisted of set of blades set in a cylinder on couple of wheels. When the lawn mower used to be pushed the cylinder used to rotate and the blades used to cut the grass.
  • Sewing Machine

    Barthelemy Thimonnier invented the first sewing machine in the year 1830. Other tailors feared and got jealous of this invention and even tried to burn down his workshop.
    Elias Howe an American inventor patented an improved sewing machine in the year 1846. Howe’s machine was a revolutionary one.
  • Cyrus Hall McCormick

    Received no formal education
    Interested in mechanical problems
    1831 – how to bring power to grain harvesting
  • Samuel Morse Fears a Catholic Conspiracy

    Irish immigrants in the early nineteenth century filled jobs created by the Market Revolution. Their arrival provided an important source of labor for a growing economy, but many Americans worried about the influence of these arrivals.
  • Safety Pin

    Walter Hunt invented the safety pin in 1849.
    Hunt made the safety pin by twisting a certain length of wire.
    The reason why he invented this safety pin was to pay the debt of $15. He finally sold the rights to his patent for $400.
  • Know-Nothing Party/American Party

    Party Platform
    1854: won control of Massachusetts legislature
    1856: Nominated Millard Fillmore as their presidential candidate
    Downfall
    Refused to take a stand on slavery