American History Timeline from 1800-1876

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  • Slave Revolt

    There was an important slave revolt that was organized by Gabriel Prosser.

  • The Capital was moved.

    The Capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C.

  • Third Presidential Inauguration

    Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as the third president of the United States.

  • Marbury vs. Madison

    The Supreme Court can now declare acts of Congress as unconstitutional because of this debate between Marbury and Madison.

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark went on an expedition to find a route to the Pacific Ocean.

  • Thomas Jefferson was Inaugurated for a second term.

  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark finally got to the Pacific Ocean from their expedition.

  • Third President of the United States

    James Madison was inaugurated as the third president of the United States.

  • War of 1812

  • James Madison was inaugurated for a second term.

  • The Capital and the White House was set to fire.

    Both the White House and the Capital in Washington D.C. were set on fire because they were captured by the British.

  • The Star-Spangled Banner

    The song the Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key.

  • Treaty of Ghent

  • Fifth President of the United States

    James Monroe was inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States.

  • Florida became apart of the United States.

  • Missouri Compromise

  • James Monore was inaugurated for a second term.

  • Denmark Vesey was Hanged

    A slave named Denmark Vesey was hanged because he tried to start a slave revolt.

  • The Adoption of the Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation was adopted by the first United States Constitution.

  • The Monroe Doctrine was created.

  • The Sixth President of the United States

    John Quincy Adams was inaugurated as the sixth president of the United States.

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

    They started building the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, this was the first public railroad in the United States.

  • Seventh President of the United States

    Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as the seventh president of the United States.

  • The Indian Removal Act

    This act was signed by President Andrew Jackson.

  • Nat Turner led a slave uprising.

  • Texas declared independence from Mexico.

  • Jackson is inaugurated for a second term.

  • The Alamo

    Texas was defeated in the battle of the Alamo.

  • Eighth President of the United States

    Martin Van Buren was inaugurated as the eighth president of the United States.

  • Trail of Tears

  • Ninth President of the United States

    William Henry Harrison was inaugurated as the ninth president of the United States.

  • John Tyler became President

    William Henry Harrison died and was succeeded in office by his Vice President, John Tyler.

  • Texas was Annexed

    The United States annexed Texas by joint resolution of Congree.

  • Eleventh President of the United States

    James Polk was inaugurated as the eleventh president of the United States.

  • Mexican War

  • Oregon Treaty

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Twelfth President of the United States

    Zachary Taylor was inaugurated as the twelfth president of the United States.

  • Millard Fillmore became president

    President Taylor died and was succeeded by his Vice President, Millard Fillmore.

  • Fourteenth President of the United States

    Franklin Pierce was inaugurated as the fourteenth president of the United States.

  • Gadsden Purchase Treaty

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • Fifteenth President of the United States

    James Buchanan was inaugurated as the fifteenth president of the United States.

  • Abraham is elected as the United States President

  • South Carolina seceded from the Union

  • Multiple new states secede from the Union.

    These states include Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana.

  • Confederate States of America was established.

  • Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the Confederacy.

  • Texas Seceded

  • Sixteenth President of the United States

    Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States.

  • Start of the Civil War

    The Confederates attacked For Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, this marked the start of the civil war.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Homestead Act

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • Civil War

  • More States Secede

    There were more states that seceded the states that seceded were Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

  • Lincoln was inaugurated for his second term.

  • The Capital of the Confederacy is Captured

    Ulysses S. Grant captured the capital of the Confederacy.

  • Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.

  • Death of Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

  • Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

    The thirteenth amendment protects slavery.

  • President Johnson was impeached.

  • Fourteenth Amendment was ratified.

  • Eighteenth President of the United States

    Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the eighteenth president of the United States.

  • Central and Union Pacific railroads were joined.

  • Fifteenth Amendment

  • Chicago Fire

  • Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated for his second term.

  • George A. Custer's Regiment

    George A. Custer's regiment was wiped out by Sioux Indians and Sitting Bull as the Little Bighorn River, Montana.