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American History 1800-1880
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New President
The electors' votes for president are officially opened and counted in Congress, which already knows that the vote is tied between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives meets separately and continues balloting for six days. On February 17, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson is elected president and Aaron Burr becomes vice president -
Louisana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase January 18. Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. -
Jefferson Nominiates....
Jefferson nominates James Monroe and William Pinckney as joint commissioners to Great Britain. British warships have been boarding and searching American ships and seizing American as well as British seamen, claiming that they are British deserters. Jefferson hopes to resolve the issue and maintain American neutrality in the conflict between Great Britain and France. -
War of 1812
War of 1812 with Britain -
British burn Capitol building in Washington
British burn Capitol building in Washington -
Alabama Slave State
Alabama admitted as slave state, bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers. -
Free blacks right to vote
New York gives free Blacks the right to vote -
Jefferson's Note
st before he died, Jefferson wrote the following to be read at the July 4 celebration in Virginia: "May [our Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government... All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. -
Jefferson Dies
Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is eighty-three years old -
“Underground Railroad” established
“Underground Railroad” established -
Texas declares independence from Mexico
Texas declares independence from Mexico -
Martin van Buren elected President
Martin van Buren elected President -
Samuel Mores.....
Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore -
Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico
Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico -
War with Mexico
War with Mexico -
American y Mexico sign treaty
America and Mexico sign Gadsden Treaty; Vice President William King dies; Arctic explorer Elisha Kane ventures farther north than any man has before. -
Banning Slavery in Kansas
Free Soilers establish government banning slavery and blacks from Kansas -
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision, Dred Scott 1857 slavery case
newspaper editorials on case- thousands of businesses fail after the collapse of Ohio Life Insurance and Trust; 600 people drown when the S.S. Central America sinks off Charleston; Garibaldi establishes association to unify Italy
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March 4 – Lincoln InauguratedCIVIL WAR time lines
Lincoln Inaugurated
CIVIL WAR time lines -
Lincoln shot, dies next day.
Lincoln shot, dies next day. -
President Johnson impeached, acquitted.
President Johnson impeached, acquitted. -
KKK Memebers.......
KKK members tried and convicted by federal courts in Mississippi. Grant suspends habeas corpus and declared martial law in 9 So. Carolina counties. Many Blacks elected to political office -
Civil Rights Act passed
Civil Rights Act passed -
DISPUTED ELECTION – DEAL MADE TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM SOUTH.
DISPUTED ELECTION – DEAL MADE TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM SOUTH.