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Protestant religious revival took place and eventually strengthened the Baptists and Methodists. There were lots of reforms and movements.
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It pulled out the seeds from the cotton bolls, making it faster and easier.
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An enslaved blacksmith who planned a slave revolt in Richmond.
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The United States bought Louisiana from France.
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It was the first U.S. supreme court case to use the principle of "judicial review".
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Lewis and Clark leaves st. Louis and explore up the Missouri river and to the west.
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Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports.
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HMS Leopard fired at the USS Chesapeake and making it a major cause of the War of 1812.
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Madison was elected the fourth president and was the last of the founding fathers to be president.
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It maintained embargo with only Britain and France.
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He built up the American textile manufacturing industry; his hint of industrial revolution.
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It started after the War of 1812. It was the period of American expansion leading to western settlement, Native American removal, and war with Mexico.
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Tecumseh was killed in the Battle of Thames when America attacked the British and Native Americans.
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The British attacked Washington D.C. during War of 1812 by setting fire to many buildings including the White House and the Capitol.
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The British and Americans signed a treaty at Ghent, Belgium and ended the War of 1812.
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The Federalist Party met to discuss the political problems.
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Resulted in no geographical changes and two centuries of peace between the United States and Britain.
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It was the last major battle of the War of 1812 in which the American forces repelled the invading British armies.
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It reflected the sense of national purpose and morale high after the War of 1812.
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Monroe easily became the fifth president facing a little opposition from the Federalist party.
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A treaty between America and Britain limiting naval armaments in the great lakes.
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It settled boundary issues between America and Britain.
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Spain gave Florida to the United States and set a boundary between United States and New Spain.
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Maryland imposed tax on the notes of the Second Bank and James McCulloch appealed to the Supreme Court. It was ruled unconstitutional.
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After the War of 1812 America fell into an economic depression; banks failed and mortgages were foreclosed.
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New Hampshire attempted to turn the college into a public institution and the Supreme court called it unconstitutional under the Contract Clause; issue of state power.
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Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state in order to balance the power in Congress.
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Known as "Father of Modern Revivalism"; He was the leader of the second great awakening and made a mark on American religion.
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Denmark Vesey and other slaves planned to revolt. It was the most extensive salve revolt in U.S. history
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A doctrine to the congress telling European nations to not to interfere with the western hemisphere.
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There was no majority of the Presidential Electoral Votes, but Adams was still voted president because of Henry Clay influenced the people in the House of Representatives to vote for Adams.
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There was no majority Presidential Electoral votes, so the House of Representatives had the decision and Adams won because Henry Clay convinced people to vote for Adams.
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The Supreme Court held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the U.S. constitution.
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It was the longest waterway from Buffalo to New York City.
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A welsh industrialist purchased a town sold by Harmonists with the intention of creating a new utopian community.
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A tariff passed to protect industry in the north from cheaper British commodities.
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The six sermons on intemperance was addressing the major drinking problem in the U.S.
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Catharine Beecher communicated the esaay about training women to become teachers at the annual meeting in New YOrk.
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It formed in opposition of Andrew Jackson. They supported protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements.
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A law authorized the president to negotiate with Indian tribes of their removal to the west.
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Joseph Smith founded the Mormon religion in New York. The book of Mormon was published.
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Jackson won against Henry Clay with 219 of 286 electoral votes.
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The Supreme Court ruled that only the federal government, can impose their regulations on Indian land.
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Jackson argued that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with the Constitution and called for an early renewal of the Second Bank's Charter.
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South Carolina declared the tariff of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional.
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A brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans because Black Hawk refused to leave his home.
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It provided the legal basis for the Trail of Tears and forcible removal of the Cherokee from Georgia.
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A group of New England intellectuals who gave rise to transcendentalism.
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Mexican troops launched an assault on the Alamo Mission killing all of the Texian defenders and the Texian fighting for independence from Mexico.
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He was a U.S. senator and vice president and later became the 8th president, but he was unpopular, so he failed to win the second election. He was known for being a shrewd politician.
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A presidential executive order that required payment for government land to be paid in gold and silver.
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McGuffey is a U.S. educator who wrote series of elementary school reading books.
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The Father of Common School used his position to enact an educational reform; promoting public education.
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The government withdrew funds from the bank causing a crisis in financial and economic conditions in the U.S.
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It was a speech by Emerson written influenced by his life experiences.
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Cherokees were forced to migrate to Oklahoma and people died of cold, hunger, and disease on the way there.
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It resolved several border issues between U.S. and British North American Colonies.
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A diplomatic agreement between China and the U.S where China was forced to concede many of its territorial rights.
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James Polk became the 11th president after winning the election against Henry Clay.
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It was the incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America. It led to war with Mexico.
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Nueces River was claimed by Mexico and Rio Grande was claimed by America. When the troops met, the Mexican army opened fire.
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A rebellion by American settlers in California against Mexican authorities.
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Texas wanted to break away from Mexico because they didn't like the laws made by Santa Anna. The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
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It added land including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
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James Marshall found gold in California, bringing 300,00 people to California and causing the gold rush.
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Thoreau refused to pay his poll taxes then was jailed for a night. After, he published a book about the refusal to obey certain laws.
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He led four ships into the harbor of Tokyo Bay seeking to re-establish regular trade.
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U.S. purchased what is now present-day southern Arizona from Mexico for $10 million.
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A treaty between the U.S. and Japan, opening up ports in Japan to trade with America.
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A utopian religious community Vermont. The people called the perfectionists.
