1800-1815 United States History

By norasmith
  • 1) Election of 1800

    1) Election of 1800

    1) tie between Burr & Jefferson broken by the House of Representatives on 36th ballot
    2) led to the 12th Amendment
    3) Jefferson ~ new president
  • 2) Jefferson's Inauguration

    2) Jefferson's Inauguration

    1) inauguration for the 3rd president
    2) 1st inauguration held at the capitol
    3) 1st transfer of power from one political party to another
    4) TJ supported the will of the people & had a limited gov't
  • 3) Marbury v. Madison

    3) Marbury v. Madison

    1) court couldn't force President Madison to give Marbury his judgeship
    2) confirmed the Court's power to declare acts of congress illegal
    3) important Supreme Court ruling
  • 4) Louisiana Purchase

    4) Louisiana Purchase

    1) purchase of Louisiana from France for $15 million
    2) doubled the size of the US
    3) started the westward expansion
  • 5) Lewis & Clark Expedition begins

    5) Lewis & Clark Expedition begins

    1) long journey to explore the Louisiana Purchase
    2) led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
    3) assisted by a Shoshone named Sacagawea
  • 6) HMS Leopard - USS Chesapeake

    6) HMS Leopard - USS Chesapeake

    1) naval engagement off the coast of Virginia
    2) between British warship HMS Leopard & US frigate USS Chesapeake
    3) British victory
  • 7) Embargo Act

    7) Embargo Act

    1) no foreign trade
    2) thought trade would hurt US and France but hurt US economy instead
    3) helped the Federalists but hurt Jefferson
  • 8) James Madison Inaugurated

    8) James Madison Inaugurated

    Madison ~
    1) republican
    2) father of the Constitution
    3) 1st president to ask Congress to declare war
    4) War of 1812 commander in chief
  • 9) Battle of Tippecanoe

    9) Battle of Tippecanoe

    1) battle between US forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory & Native Americans led by Tecumseh
    2) US victory
    3) broke British power in Northwest
  • 10) US declares war

    10) US declares war

    caused by ~
    1) impressment of American sailors
    2) interference with American shipping
    & 3) British military aid to the Native Americans
  • 11) USS Constitution v. HMS Guerriere

    11) USS Constitution v. HMS Guerriere

    1) 1st major naval encounter of the War of 1812
    2) 1 hour battle off the coast of Nova Scotia
    3) US navy victory
  • 12) British defeat Napoleon

    12) British defeat Napoleon

    1) Napoleon's new army loses at the "Battle of Nations"
    2) he's finally abdicated by the Treaty of Fontainebleau
    3) Louis XVIII suggested as new king & Napoleon exiled (later regroups in 1815)
  • 13) Treaty of Fort Jackson

    13) Treaty of Fort Jackson

    1) ended Creek War
    2) forced Creeks to give up millions of acres of land to US gov't
    3) victory freed Jackson to continue southwest to Louisiana
  • 14) British burn Washington

    14) British burn Washington

    1) British sent more troops to US & attacked Washington, D.C.
    2) Madison had the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, & other documents removed from D.C. & his wife saved GW portrait
    3) massive storms drove British from Washington ~ British casualties
  • 15) Battle of Fort McHenry

    15) Battle of Fort McHenry

    1) US sank ships to block British from the port
    2) 1 British shell hit a powder magazine but didn't explode & British retreated after 25 hours
    3) Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" during the battle
  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent

    1) ends the war of 1812
    2) word doesn't reach the US in time to stop the Battle of New Orleans
    3) in Ghent, Belgium
    4) effects ~ Federalists loose power, patriotism and US manufacturing increases, US wins the "Second War for American Independence", & the power of many Native American groups is broken
  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

    1) British goal: capture New Orleans & gain control of the Mississippi River
    2) 4,500 pirates, soldiers, Choctaw Indians, free African Americans, and state militia for the US led by Andrew Jackson against 5,300 British
    3) 1st major US victory without foreign help & last major conflict of the War of 1812
    4) boosted patriotism, made Andrew Jackson a US hero, & led to his becoming president