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general Andrew jackson invades florida to stop seminole attacks
The Seminole Wars, also known as the Florida Wars, were three conflicts in Florida between various groups of Native Americans, collectively known as Seminoles, and the United States. In 1715, Yamasees moved into Florida as allies of the Spanish after conflicts with the English colonies. Creek people, at first primarily Lower Creeks but later including Upper Creeks, also started moving into Florida from the area of Georgia. -
steamboats
John Fitch was granted his first United States patent for a steamboat -
John Quincy adams is elected 6th president in a close election
Adams was born to John Adams and his wife [5] Abigail Adams in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts. Quincy in 1767 was the "north precinct" of Braintree, Massachusetts; Quincy became incorporated as an independent town in 1792 and was named for John Quincy, just as John Quincy Adams had been. -
steamboat effect
The steam boats power and capasity were much grater then that of traditional boats. It could also travel much farther with more cargo. Soon after the orignal was made they began making double decker steam boats. -
steamboats
From the early 1800s to the early twentieth century steamboats were a major catalyst to the opening of the American West. Possessing the ability to inexpensively and swiftly deliver goods to the frontier, steamboats fueled the economy and led to the establishment of plantations, farms, towns, and cities. -
steamboats history
Henry Miller Shreve launched his steamboat Washington, which completed the voyage from New Orleans to Louisville, Kentucky in twenty-five days. Vessel design continued to improve, so that by 1853, the trip to Louisville took only four and one-half days. -
monroe wins reelection and only loses one vote
The demise of the Federalist Party was confirmed in the 1816 presidential election, which James Monroe won easily. Monroe was the first clear representative of the one-party system under the Republicans. -
THE ADAMS-ONIS TREATY
The Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819,[1] also known as the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819, settled a border dispute in North America between the United States and Spain. The treaty was the result of increasing tensions between the U.S. and Spain regarding territorial rights at a time of weakened Spanish power in the New World -
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE IS APPROVED
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. -
MONROE ANNOUNCES THE MONROE DOCTRINE
The Monroe Doctrine is a United States policy that was introduced on December 2, 1823, which stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed by the United States of America as acts of aggression requiring US intervention. -
the erie canal opens
After more than two years of digging, the 425-mile Erie Canal was opened on October 26, 1825, by Governor Clinton. -
steamboats
In 1833 Henry Miller Shreve began demolition of the Raft, a task initially completed in 1838 and not fully finished until the turn of the century. With the Red River open intermittently, hundreds of steamboats plied the stream as far as Preston Bend south of present Kingston, Oklahoma. -
the u.s. declares war on mexico
The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory in spite of the 1836 Texas Revolution. -
gold is discovered in california
The Gold Rush started at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma.[3] On January 24, 1848 James W. Marshall, a foreman working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter, found pieces of shiny metal in the tailrace of a lumber mill Marshall was building for Sutter, along the American River.[ -
the fugitive slave law is passed
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free-Soilers -
uncle tom's cabin is published
Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, so much in the latter case that the novel intensified the sectional conflict leading to the American Civil War.[1] -
the kansas- nebraska act is passed
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
the nineteenth amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
the emergency quota act
In the United States, the Emergency Quota Act also known as the Emergency immigration Act of 1921, (ch. 8, 42 Stat. 5, also known as the Johnson Quota Act) of May 19, 1921 was an immigration quota that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 3%[1] of the number of persons from that country living in the United States in 1910, according to United States Census figures. This totaled about 357,802 immigrants. -
president frankin pierce makes the gadsden purchase
he Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
