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In 1607, people came to America in hopes for gold. They made the first ever town in America naming it "Jamestown. The town was created quickly and poorly because the people where in such a hurry to find gold everywhere. Jamestown was started in Virginia along the coast. -
A system made to encourage families to move to New England colonies. It also established indentured servants into the colonies. The document consisted of points: Settlers that survived Jamestown got 100 acres. New Settlers who paid their own way got 50 acres, anyone paying for additional settlers got a additional 50 acres. It worked soon after new settlers started arriving to the new world because land equals opportunity. Population increased, creating more labor diversity. -
In 1620(13 years after Jamestown was founded), Plymouth was established by the puritans landed in Massachusetts. The Puritans sought out this land due to wanting to escape from the religious binds in England and start a new way of religion. The Puritans only wanted to "purify" the religion they followed though, unlike the Separatist. The Separatist wanted to completely separate from the church of England and practice there own religious ways. -
The Puritans realized that they had no order nor no government to follow when moving into his new land. This document was created to act as a way of government for the new settlers so that what happened to Jamestown does not happen to them. It was signed on November 11th, 1620 on the boat rightfully named "The Mayflower". -
Boston Massachusetts was founded in 1630. It quickly became one of the most known cities due to the ports that were used there frequently. A man by the name of John Winthrop was the one who founded this town, fleeing from England with 11 boats and 700 people. He fled to Massachusetts due to religious reasons as John was a puritan. -
Between the times of 1543 and 1687, people started to begin to think about the world around them from a logical standpoint. People started to question on how things worked and on how the world itself works as a whole. This is the time period where alchemist were a big thing and theories on whether or not the earth was flat. Many many concepts we use today were because of this time period -
This was a time where the people started to question the nature of power and rights, where they come from. This happened between the years of 1715 and 1789. People started to individualize themselves and try to find out where we truly came from. People started to use reason to solve problems. Most of these people became demist, people who believe in god, but don't really acknowledge him at all. Rather they chose to believe in him and let him just exist. -
This was a time between the 1720's and 1740's where people started to become spiritually awake to the world. People started to become more personally connected to god and started to do there own practices in the ways they wanted to believe in him rather than going to church. People also started there own church groups based off of similar believes. -
This was a law that raised taxes on sugar, molasses or anything sweet. The taxes were raised so much that people started to illegally import the food rather than purchase it because of the price of it. George Grenville made it to where the tax was the same price as the bribes people would make for the sailors. Most Americans still smuggled it in because those taxes paid for soldiers that they did not like. -
This war was started in 1754 over an underlying issue of who was in control of the northern part of the Ohio River Valley. The British believed that they owned the land since they colonized many parts of eastern America, although the French also believe that they own the land due to all of the major amounts of trade that happens in that area between the French and the Natives. This started an uproar between the two powers with the natives caught in the middle of it. -
This is the first battle in the war. Imperial ambitions and competition for the rich fur trade with American Indian tribes brought England and France into conflict in the Ohio River Valley. When the French rebuffed a warning and began building outposts, the royal governor in Virginia sent an expedition to secure the Forks of the Ohio, leading to the Battle of Jumonville Glen. The battle was fought in an area southeast of present-day Uniontown, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. -
Battle of Fort Necessity, also called the Battle of the Great Meadows, one of the earliest battles of the French and Indian War and the only battle George Washington ever surrendered. Washington had been sent to demand France to leave and to engage the French forces in battle if necessary. When the French refused to leave, Washington led a sneak attack on the French from his own headquarters at Great Meadows. At dusk, the French commander called a truce. Washington signed the surrender -
Battle of Carillon was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the French and Indian War and a major defeat for the British. It was fought at Fort Carillon on the shores of the southern tip of Lake Champlain on the border of New York and Vermont. The battle is also known as the Battle of Ticonderoga, the fort was renamed Ticonderoga after the British retook it the following year. -
Battle of Quebec, also called Battle of the Plains of Abraham, decisive defeat of the French under the marquis de Montcalm by a British force led by Maj. Gen. James Wolfe. Both commanding officers died from wounds sustained during the battle, and within a year French Canada had capitulated to British forces. With the end of hostilities in 1763, France surrendered virtually all of its colonial possessions in North America. This was the final battle of the war. -
The war was expensive, so the colonist were in debt. British troops stayed in the colonies to protect against Spain. The troops were also there to enforce the new laws. The proclamation of 1763 was created and the colonies were not allowed to expand. The colonist didn't listen to the proclamation and headed west anyways. -
The Treaty of Paris concluded the French and Indian War(AKA the 7 years war). It was signed by representatives of Great Britain and Hanover on one side and France and Spain on the other, with Portugal expressly understood to be included. It was signed in Paris on Feb. 10, 1763. The US ended up with everything up until the Mississippi river from the east and the Spanish got everything West of the Mississippi. -
This was a proclamation created by the British government for the colonist in America. This proclamation sated that no colonist was allowed to cross the Appellation mountains and move west into the new territory. British troops were sent to the colonies to enforce this law plus other laws that where created after the war. The colonist mostly did not listen to this proclamation and moved west anyways. -
This was the act where any British soldier could knock on your door and you had no choice but to house them. This made many people very very angry and created a invasion of privacy. The reason to King decided to do this was to keep tabs on the people better to make sure that the people are doing what they are supposed to be doing. -
This act increased taxes on any stamp used by a major amount. Everything that was a legal document had to be stamped. Once the crown saw how much stamps one used, they started to put a price on it. Eventually they raised them to an absurd amount and the middle class and wealthy class started to riot. Legal documents included birth and death certificates, marriage certificates, tax papers, court papers and more. -
5 long years of rioting and boycotts and more against the acts enforced on them, some British troops find themselves guarding a important building. People are rioting by throwing snowballs at then troops. Some snowballs had rocks in them. One with a rock in the snowball hit a British troop in the face. This set the troops off and they started to fire inti the crowd, killing roughly 5 people. Then someone created a picture of the scene and made it blow up and bigger than what it actually was. -
Boston Tea Party incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. The Americans were protesting both a tax on tea (taxation without representation) and the perceived monopoly of the East India Company. -
In response to colonial resistance to British rule, Parliament was determined to reassert its authority in America and passed four acts that were known as the Coercive Acts in Britain but were labeled the Intolerable Acts by the colonists. Because Boston had been the center of resistance, the acts targeted Boston and Massachusetts in particular. -
The First Continental Congress, convened in response to the Acts by the colonial Committees of Correspondence, met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. Fifty-six deputies represented all the colonies except Georgia. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was unanimously elected president, thus establishing usage of that term as well as “Congress.” Charles Thomson of Pennsylvania was elected secretary and served in that office during the 15-year life of the Congress. -
Revere rode to nearby Concord to urge the patriots to move their military stores, which were endangered by pending British troop movements. At this time he arranged to signal the patriots of the British approach by having lanterns placed in Boston’s Old North Church steeple: “One if by land, and two if by sea.” Two days later he set out from Boston on his most famous journey to alert his countrymen that British troops were on the march. -
The American Revolution, insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the British crown and a large and influential segment of its North American colonies that was caused by British attempts to assert greater control over colonial affairs after having long adhered to a policy of salutary neglect. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord, initial skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials, marking the beginning of the American Revolution. Acting on orders from London to suppress the rebellious colonists, General Thomas Gage, recently appointed royal governor of Massachusetts, ordered his troops to seize the colonists’ military stores at Concord. It is unclear who fired the first shot. The American forces defended the British empire and thus started the war. -
General Sir Thomas Gage was under pressure to quash the colonial rebellion. By June, he had reinforcements and was ready to implement a new strategy. The British Army planned to launch an attack against the Americans on the heights north and south of Boston. Details of the attack were leaked and a detachment of 1,000 Massachusetts and Connecticut soldiers gathered to defend a hill in Charlestown. Among the defenders were several enslaved and free African Americans as well. -
Drafted by John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and signed by delegates from twelve North American colonies, the Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt at reconciliation. The petitioners assured the King that they remained faithful to the King. Congress wanted the King to intervene on their behalf and repeal a number of statutes and regulations adopted for the administration of the colonies by Parliament, which they claimed had stoked colonial rebelliousness. -
The American victory in the Battles of Saratoga(known as thr turning point of the war) helped persuade the French to recognize American independence and to openly provide military assistance. It also increased Gates’s popularity—so much so that he was being considered to replace George Washington as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. That notion was squelched, however, and Washington retained his position until he received the British surrender in 1781. -
Thomas Paine arrived in the American colonies in 1774, as the conflict between aggrieved colonists and Britain was reaching its height. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, Paine argued that the colonists’ cause should be not just a revolt against taxation but a demand for independence. He put this idea into Common Sense. -
This was a meeting created to start to appoint people of power. They established the continental army and created a government. They also started to rule a nation and fight a war while at it. This was the time that George Washington was appointed as general. They also created a money system and organized a committee to deal with foreign nations and trade with foreign nations. -
The Battle of Rhode Island began with the crossing at Howland's Ferry of 11,000 Continental line troops and militia. The French navy blocked Narragansett bay, forcing the British to scuttle their small naval force. The American army, under Sullivan, landed at Rhode Island and forced the smaller British/German force to withdraw behind fortifications built around the town of Newport. -
Concluding the American Revolution and signed by representatives of Great Britain on one side and the United States, France, and Spain on the other, preliminary articles (often called the Preliminary Treaty of Paris) were signed at Paris between Britain and the United States. Three definitive treaties were signed—between Britain and the United States in Paris and between Britain and France and Spain, respectively, at Versailles. -
Connecticut Compromise, also known as Great Compromise, offered by Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth at the 1787 convention to solve the dispute between small and large states. The compromise provided for a bicameral federal legislature that used a dual system of representation: the upper house would have equal representation from each state, while the lower house would have proportional representation based on a state’s population. -
Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. The larger states tried to use there slaves to boost the amount of representatives they had in the house, so this was put in place to try and even out the grounds. -
Inaugurated on April 30th, 1787. George Washington wasn't really elected to be president. He was more or less selected to become president by everyone, including all of the rich and pour people. He selected John Adams as his Vice President. George was also not known to be bias. He never chose a side of congress and always tried to keep things balanced in any way he could. He also didn't want to have political parties, but that was crushed not soon after his presidency. -
The Judiciary Act, act establishing the organization of the U.S. federal court system, which had been sketched only in general terms in the U.S. Constitution. The act established a three-part judiciary—made up of district courts, circuit courts, and the Supreme Court—and outlined the structure and jurisdiction of each branch. Washington appoints John Jay as chief justice of the supreme court. -
The uprising that afforded the new U.S. government its first opportunity to establish federal authority by military means within state boundaries, as officials moved into western Pennsylvania to quell an uprising of settlers rebelling against the liquor tax. Alexander Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, had proposed the excise (enacted by Congress in 1791, the first national internal revenue tax) to raise money for the national debt and to assert the power of the national government. -
Protestant religious revival in the United States from about 1795 to 1835. During this revival, meetings were held in small towns and large cities throughout the country, and the unique frontier institution known as the camp meeting began. Many churches experienced a great increase in membership, particularly among Methodist and Baptist churches. The Second Great Awakening made soul-winning the primary function of ministry and stimulated several moral and philanthropic reforms. -
Pinckney’s Treaty was a agreement between Spain and the United States, fixing the southern boundary of the United States and establishing commercial arrangements favorable to the United States. U.S. citizens were accorded free navigation of the Mississippi River through Spanish territory. The treaty granted Americans the privilege of tax-free deposit at New Orleans. -
Mindful of the precedent his conduct set for future presidents, Washington feared that if he were to die while in office, Americans would view the presidency as a lifetime appointment. Instead, he decided to step down from power, providing the standard of a two-term limit. This later became the 22nd amendment in 1951. -
Having finished second to George Washington in the first U.S. presidential election in 1789 and serving as Washington’s vice president (1789–97), Adams won a narrow victory over Thomas Jefferson to be elected as the second president of the United States in 1796. He then lost to Jefferson in the 1800 presidential election. -
In order to repair relations with the French, Adams sends diplomates to negotiate a treaty. The French demanded a "gift" of $250,000 before they would negotiate. XYZ were three different diplomates who's names were kept secret. They were sent to France to negotiate the deal. The diplomates were met at the docs of France and was told to leave unless they had the money. They didn't and left France furious. -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions measures passed by the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky as a protest against the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts. The resolutions were written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson (then vice president in the administration of John Adams), but the role of those statesmen remained unknown to the public for almost 25 years. -
Congress first defined eligibility for citizenship by naturalization in this law, limiting it to “free white persons.” In practice, only white, male property owners could naturalize and acquire the status of citizens. This law produced the legal category of “aliens ineligible for citizenship” which largely affected many immigrants and limited their rights as noncitizens to key realms of life in the United States such as property ownership, representation in courts, public employment, and voting. -
The three alien laws, passed in June and July who were mostly pro-French. These laws raised the waiting period for naturalization from 5 to 14 years, permitted the detention of subjects of an enemy nation. The Sedition Act (July 14) banned the publishing of false or malicious writings against the government and the inciting of opposition to any act of Congress or the president—practices already forbidden in some cases by state libel statutes and the common law but not by federal law. -
Also known as "The Revolution of 1800", this was the first time in American history that power would transfer from one party to another. This election is also the first time in human history that power was transferred from one party to another peacefully. The combatants were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams with the victor being President Thomas Jefferson of the Republican Party. Many world leaders came to see this transfer of power as it marked a major point in world history. -
The reason as to why the capital was moved from New York to Washington was so that it would seem more fair in the sight of pro-slavery. The people of the south felt as if congress would fall for abolishes easily if the capital was in the north. They protested for a move the capital out of the north and somewhere more neutral. Thus, we now have the capital in Maryland(AKA Washington DC). -
Thomas Jefferson on this day was elected and swore into presidency. Thomas Jefferson is the third president of the United States. He is a republican and the first republican in all of US History. Before he was president, Jefferson was a archeologist and architect. He is also a wine aficionado(which is fancy for wine lover), one of the Founding Fathers and was obsessed with books. -
James Madison, a member of Jefferson's cabinet, finds the letter granting John Marbury a federal judgeship. Jefferson orders Madison not to deliver the letter to Marbury. Marbury sues Madison in order to get the position he feels is his rightful spot. The Supreme Court sides with Madison and refuses to grant Marbury the position based on the fact that they find part of the Judiciary Act unconstitutional and there for void. In doing so, the supreme court claims the right of "Judicial Review" -
This was a purchase that we made with the French. Costing us 15 million dollars, we claimed up to 828,000 square miles of land. This land ranged up to the latitudinal line of New Orleans. We also now own the Mississippi River, allowing better trade routes for the American people. This purchase itself doubled the size of America, giving us a TON of new land to explore. -
Jefferson decided to send out a group of men to view the new land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. He told them to draw any new animals found in the wild, bring back the pelts of those animals if they can, bring back any new plants found out in the wild, bring back any new plant seeds found, bring back any new materials that are useful and draw out a water route to the pacific ocean. He also sent these men with gifts to give to any native people they found. -
Passed by Congress December 9, 1803, and ratified June 15, 1804, the 12th Amendment provided for separate Electoral College votes for President and Vice President, correcting weaknesses in the earlier electoral system which were responsible for the controversial Presidential Election of 1800. -
Great Britain and France are at war once again. We finally made tight connections with both countries in trading relations. Jefferson decides to not try to get involved with this was and declared neutrality. Jefferson also decided to ban all types of foreign trade with France or Great Britain. -
This is the act that speaks for itself. Literally called the "Act of Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves", this act was created so that slave importation would end in the US. Slave trading across seas was now illegal in the US. Although, this act did not stop domestic slave trading. People still sold slaves within the US as normal(back then normal). -
Not in 1812, but considered a part of the war of 1812. The Battle of Tippecanoe was a victory for the US. The battle took place at Prophetstown, the Indian capital on the Tippecanoe River and the site of the present town of Battle Ground, near Lafayette, Indiana. Harrison, who was on a mission to destroy the power of an intertribal defensive alliance being promoted by Tecumseh and his brother, repelled the Shawnee attack and burned the village. Discredited, Laulewasikau fled to Canada. -
After build up of the British committing multiple acts such as imprisonment of American sailors and supplying the Native Americans with weapons/training them, America finally declares war on Britain. This war was mostly a defense war more than a attack war. The British was trying to help the Indians in their views of taking back their land. This war was hard as American soldiers were not properly trained and they were going against one of the worlds biggest powers. -
James Madison becomes the 4th president of the US. He was part of the Democratic-Republican party and wins over Dewitt Clinton. James Madison is most known for being the founding father of the Constitution and before hand has served as secretary of state for Thomas Jefferson. He has overseen the Louisiana Purchase and led the US in the War of 1812. He also created the idea of how our government works using the Virginia Plan. -
The British commander at Detroit, Brigadier General Henry A. Procter, found his position untenable and began a hasty retreat across the Ontario peninsula. The forces met near Moraviantown on the Thames River, a few miles east of what is now Thamesville. Many British troops were captured and Tecumseh was killed, destroying his Indian alliance and breaking the Indian power in the Ohio and Indiana territories. After this battle, most of the tribes abandoned their association with the British. -
On August 24, 1814, as the War of 1812 raged on, invading British troops marched into Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol, the President's Mansion, and other local landmarks. The ensuing fire reduced all but one of the capital city's major public buildings to smoking rubble, and only a torrential rainstorm saved the Capitol from complete destruction. -
Francis Scott Key, a prisoner on a British barge witnessed the British bombardment of Fort McHenery, near Baltimore for 12 hours. in the morning he observed the grounds and found that the American Flag was still standing tall. He writes a poem known as "the Defense of Fort McHenery" which later on becomes a song and is known as "The Star Spangle Banner" our national anthem is born. -
Several New England states fear that the war is lost and actually talked about becoming another country. This didn't help that these people did this because the Treaty of Ghent was being created. This convention was practically pointless for the people that was a part of it as the plan was never executed and these were just a bunch of people who feared that the US would kill them all. -
The treaty was signed in Ghent on December 24, 1814, and was soon approved by the British Parliament, but it took six weeks for the news to travel by sea to the United States. On January 8, 1815, unaware of the Ghent agreement, American forces commanded by General Andrew Jackson defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans. Americans simultaneously received reports of the military triumph and the peace treaty, prompting great public celebrations -
U.S. victory against Great Britain in the War of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict. Both the British and American troops were unaware of the peace treaty that had been signed between the two countries in Ghent, Belgium, a few weeks prior, and so the Battle of New Orleans occurred despite the agreements made across the Atlantic. -
James was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in 1758, Monroe attended the College of William and Mary, fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790 was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, he displayed strong sympathies for the French cause; later he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase. -
The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. The doctrine was conceived to meet major concerns of the moment, but it soon became a watchword of U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere. -
Adams ask for a private meeting with the speaker of the house, Clay. No one knows what was said during the meeting nor what happened during it as no one recorded it or listened in on what happened, although there was something off about the meeting. A few days after the meeting, Adams is elected as president after the house cast its vote. Adams then goes on the appoint Clay as the secretary of state. Jackson's party did not like this at all. This was later on known as "The Corrupt Bargain" -
Henery Clay, John Quincy Adams,, Andrew Jackson and Crawford all participate in the Election of 1824. As the election goes on, Crawford dies due to old age. Henery Clay also leaves the race as he is already the speaker of the house and feels as if he doesn't need the position. This leaves Adams and Jackson. Neither of the candidates had a majority vote, so Amendment 12 was enforced and the vote went to the House of Representatives. -
The first President who was the son of a President, John Quincy Adams in many respects paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767. As secretary to his father in Europe, he became an accomplished linguist and assiduous diarist. Adams was one of America’s great Secretaries of State, obtaining from Spain the cession of the Florida's, and formulating with the President the Monroe Doctrine. -
The tariff of 1828—better known as the Tariff of Abominations—passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94. The tariff sought to protect northern and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports; however, the resulting tax on foreign goods would raise the cost of living in the South and would cut into the profits of New England's industrialists. This was a really good idea for the people in the north, but it ended up making living in the south much harder in the end. -
The campaign of 1828 was a crucial event in a period that saw the development of a two-party system akin to our modern system, presidential electioneering bearing a closer resemblance to modern political campaigning, and the strengthening of the power of the executive branch. This was one big rematch of the election of 1824, but this time Jackson won the presidency. -
This was a system created by President Andrew Jackson. It ended up making over 200 government employees lose their jobs due to this and hired in many people who were not in thewealthy class. Critics did not like this from Jackson and the idea of making jobs more equal for the common folk was good, but in this case it was not the best idea. This basically gave supporters of Jackson a reward for supporting him with a government job. -
Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years and he became an young lawyer in Tennessee. Jackson prospered sufficiently to buy slaves and to build a mansion near Nashville. He was the first man elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives, and he served briefly in the Senate. A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans. -
The steam engine train was created in 1830 and was a massive technological advancement in its time. This was a new way for people to transport good across the country faster and more efficiently. The first railroad was built in 1830by the West Point Foundry Association of New York City in South Carolina. People used this as a method of transporting goods such as coal, clothing, materials, food, mail and even people as well. this made traveling across the US way faster than before. -
The Liberator was published in 1831. Created by William Lloyd Garrison, this was a newspaper that mentioned multiple topics in regards to abolitionism(AKA Anti-Slavery). Southerners who read this paper did not like the idea in it at all. So much so, they hated William for creating these papers and selling them to the public. The people sent out death threats to him and even burned down his printing press multiple times over. Although, William just kept writing about it, ignoring the people. -
Created by Cyrus McCormick, the Reaper revolutionizes the way we harvest wheat and other grains. The machine was able to do the work of multiple men all at once very quickly. It was made in1831 and consist of a two-wheeled, horse-drawn chariot whith a vibrating cutting blade. A reel would bring the grain within its reach. cut it off, then fall on to a platform to then be collected and processed later on. This became the foundation to nearly all modern grain cutting machines. -
nullification crisis confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former’s attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. The resolution of the nullification crisis in favor of the federal government helped to undermine the nullification doctrine, the constitutional theory that upheld the right of states to nullify federal acts within their boundaries. -
Mexican force numbering in the thousands and led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort. Though vastly outnumbered, the Alamo’s 200 defenders commanded by James Bowie and William Travis and including the famed frontiersman Davy Crockett held out for 13 days before the Mexican forces finally overpowered them. For Texans, the Battle of the Alamo became an enduring symbol of their resistance to oppression and their struggle for independence, which they won later that year. -
Citizens of the new Republic of Texas responded to the destruction of the Alamo and massacre of the unarmed Texans captured at Goliad with outrage. Volunteer companies rushed to join General Samuel Houston’s growing Texas army. Mexican General Santa Anna marched his army to crush the Texan rebels. Within 24 hours, some 600 Mexicans had been killed and more than 700 captured. Nine of Houston’s men had been killed or mortally wounded, and about 30 wounded less seriously, in this lopsided victory. -
Martin Van Buren, (born December 5, 1782, Kinderhook, New York, U.S.—died July 24, 1862, Kinderhook), eighth president of the United States and one of the founders of the Democratic Party. He was known as the “Little Magician” to his friends (and the “Sly Fox” to his enemies) in recognition of his reputed cunning and skill as a politician.Van Buren was the third of five children born to Abraham Van Buren, a farmer and tavern keeper, and Maria Hoes Van Alen, both of Dutch descent. -
This was a convention that was founded on the idea of Abolitionism(Anti-Slavery). They all were supposed to take a vote on the thoights of this, but the women were not allowed to vote during the convension at all. The main speajer of this convention was William Lloyd Garrison, the creator of the Liberator. William saw the fact of women not being allowed to vote as non-equal, so he refused to speak at all until the women were allowed to vote. He ended up being found up in the rafters with them. -
William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), America’s ninth president, served just one month in office before dying of pneumonia. His tenure, from March 4, 1841, to April 4, 1841, is the shortest of any U.S. president. Harrison, who was born into a prominent Virginia family, joined the Army as a young man and fought American Indians on the U.S. frontier. He then became the first congressional delegate from the Northwest Territory, a region encompassing much of the present-day Midwest. -
John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States (1841-1845) when President William Henry Harrison died in April 1841. He was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after the death of his predecessor. Born in Virginia in 1790, he was raised believing that the Constitution must be strictly construed. He never wavered from this conviction. He attended the College of William and Mary and studied law. He served in the House of Representatives from 1816 to 1821. -
Samuel Morse creates the telegraph, allowing messages to be sent through a wire that can quickly reach to any destination you want across the nation. Samuel is also the created of Morse Code, which is a series of dots and dashes that are used to created words/numbers. The US postal service would link every area of the nation using this and it becomes very wanted across the world. This allows not only commercial communication, but also facilities personal corresponded. -
Often referred to as the first “dark horse” President, James K. Polk was the last of the Jacksonians to sit in the White House, and the last strong President until the Civil War. He was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1795. Studious and industrious, Polk was graduated with honors in 1818 from the University of North Carolina. As a young lawyer he entered politics, served in the Tennessee legislature, and became a friend of Andrew Jackson. -
Invented by Elias Howe and later perfected on by Thomas Singer in 1846. Although, Elias was the first to created the lockstitch sewing machine. A French tailor named Barthelemy Thinmonnier created the first working sewing machine in 1830. Both use a hook and thread to create a stitch pattern in cloth or combine two pieces of cloth together. Howe's version of the sewing machine was mostly used as a way in increase production of textile industries in the US. -
The Mexican Government wanted more people to live in the territory that is now a days Texas. So, they allowed Americans to come to the state under one condition: They had to convert to contholism. Americans didn't really convert at all and continued to believe in their own religions as they wanted. On top of this, There were SO many Americans coming in that Mexico had to stop people from coming in. Although, America didn't listen again. So, the Mexicans sent in troops and started a war. -
On May 8, 1846, shortly before the United States formally declared war on Mexico, General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) defeated a superior Mexican force in the Battle of Palo Alto. The battle took place north of the Rio Grande River near present-day Brownsville, Texas. Taylor’s victory, along with a series of subsequent victories against the Mexicans, made him a war hero. In 1848, he was elected America’s 12th president. -
The North Star was published in 1847 by a man named Fredrick Douglas. Fredrick was a African American slave who was very smart. He was able to teach himself how to read and write in English and wrote the newspaper "The North Star". This was a newspaper about anti-slavery. The title referenced Polaris(The North Star)so that it could help any escaping slaves to the north where they could be free. Douglass' newspapers also stressed black self-improvement and responsibility. -
The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the campaign was not easy. On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, enfranchising all American women and declaring for the first time that they, like men, deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. This lasted from 1848 to 1920. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States. Mexico relinquished all claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States. -
Zachary Taylor, a general and national hero in the United States Army from the time of the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812, was elected the 12th U.S. President, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi. -
Tensions were running high over what to do with the new territories. While some what expansion of slavery, others want the opposite. California was right in the middle of the slave line(A line in which divides the free states from the slave states), so Henery Clay made a compromise. This compromise included: California is a free state, slave trade was abolished in DC, strict fugitive laws are enacted nation wide and territories now have to be governed by the concept of "Popular Sovereignty". -
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Millard Fillmore, (born January 7, 1800, Locke township, New York, U.S. - died March 8, 1874, Buffalo, New York), 13th president of the United States , whose insistence on federal enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 alienated the North and led to the destruction of the Whig Party. Elected vice president in 1848, he became chief executive on the death of President Zachary Taylor . -
Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility. By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers, Pierce, a New Englander, hoped to ease the divisions that led eventually to Civil War. Born in Hillsborough, in 1804, Pierce attended Bowdoin College. After graduation he studied law, then entered politics. At 24 he was elected to the New Hampshire legislature. During the 1830’s he went to Washington, first as a Representative, then as a Senator. -
While applying for statehood, Kansas had an issue. The state had to vote for whether it was a free state or a slave state. In doing so, each side tried to get tons of people to move to Kansas to cast their vote in. This became chaotic to the point where people created separate towns for different types of believers. On the day of election, a group of pro-slavery people known as " The Border Riffians" come from Missouri and attack Lawrence, a anti-slavery town, then turn in fraud votes. -
A Preacher known as John Brown went around towns stirring up trouble. He would get people to start riots then disappear without a trace. At one point, he went crazy and killed all the men of 3 families as the women watched him. All because he was a abolitionist(the families were pro-slavery). The side of congress that was wanting abolishment turned a blind eye to this, just as the other side turned a blind eye to Bleeding Kansas(Ironic). -
James Buchanan served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor. Born into a well-to-do Pennsylvania family in 1791, Buchanan, a graduate of Dickinson College, was gifted as a debater and learned in the law. He was elected five times to the House of Representatives; then served for a decade in the Senate. He became Polk’s Secretary of State and Pierce’s Minister to Great Britain. -
Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863. Lincoln was born in a backwoods cabin 3 miles (5 km) south of Hodgenville, Kentucky, and was taken to a farm in the neighboring valley of Knob Creek when he was two years old. He grew up reading and studying a lot even though his step mom disapproved of it. He later on became a law student. "Honest Abe" comes from him. -
Begins in Fort Sumter in South Carolina. SC secessided from the union in fear of what Abraham Lincoln would do when he is inaugurated. Soon followed by many other states in the south. SC closed off Fort Sumter and closed everyone in. In fear for the soldiers, Abe strikes a deal with SC to send in a convoy with food and medical supplies. SC did not trust it and decided to attack the fort. The south won the battle, starting a war that will change all of America.