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Second Great Awakening Began
Membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement -
Thomas Jefferson was elected president
First peaceful transfer of power between political parties (Revolution of 1800) -
Gabriel Prosser Slave Revolt
Slave rebellion in the Richmond area -
Louisiana Purchase
Doubled the size of the United States -
Marbury v. Madison
Forms the basis for the exercise of judicial review -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
First American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States -
Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships from trading in all foreign ports -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
Naval engagement off the coast of Norfolk between Britain and America -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
Separates cotton fibers from seeds -
James Madison Elected President
Defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -
Non-Intercourse Act
Lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans from Manchester, England
Made Boston Manufacturing Company -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
Territorial expansion of the United States -
Death of Tecumseh
British and Native Americans defeated by American force at the Battle of the Thames, Tecumseh killed -
The British Burn Washington DC
Attack on the United States Capital during the War of 1812 -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
Ended the War of 1812 between Britain and United States -
End of the War of 1812
Ended in a stalemate, United States and Britain signed Treaty of Ghent -
Battle of New Orleans
American forces successfully repelled British forces under the command of Andrew Jackson -
Hartford Convention
New England Federalist Party met to discuss grievances -
Era of Good Feelings Began
Period that reflected a sense of national purpose and desire for unity among Americans -
James Monroe Elected President
Faced little opposition from the Federalist party and won over 80% of the electoral vote -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
Treaty between the United States and United Kingdom limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain -
Anglo-American Convention
A treaty signed by Britain and the U.S. allowing New England fishermen to access Newfoundland fisheries, set the northern border for the Louisiana territory, and allowed joint occupation of the Oregon country -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Ruled that Congress had implied powers to create the Second Bank of the United States -
Panic of 1819
First major financial crisis followed by a general collapse of American economy -
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Charter of Dartmouth College granted by King George lll was a contract and could not be impaired by the New Hampshire legislature -
Adam-Onis Treaty
Treaty between Spain and the United States that gave Florida to the United States -
Missouri Compromise
Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Slaves planned to seize control of Charleston and escape to Haiti -
Monroe Doctrine
United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
Clay convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Supreme Court had the power to regulate interstate commerce -
Erie Canal Completed
Ran from Albany to Buffalo -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
A new utopian community in Pennsylvania -
Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
Advocated for the temperance reform -
Horace Mann Elected Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
"The Father of American Public Schools" -
Tariff of Abominations
Designed to protect industry in the North -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
Rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson -
Catherine Beecher Published Essays on the Education of Female Teachers
Promoted equal access to education for women and advocated for their roles as teachers and mothers -
Indian Removal Act
Authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders -
Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
Smith published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith said he had translated from golden plates -
Worcester v. Georgia
Because the Cherokee Nation was a separate political entity that could not be regulated by the state, Georgia's license law was unconstitutional and Worcester's conviction should be overturned -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
Argued that the form that was presented to him was incompatible with justice, the sound policy, and the Constitution -
Nullification Crisis Began
Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and unenforceable within the state of South Carolina -
Black Hawk War
Conflict between Native Americans and the United States over western land -
Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.
Opposed Andrew Jackson and wanted protective tariffs and national banking -
Treaty of New Echota
The legal basis for the Trail of Tears, the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia -
Transcendental Club's First Meeting
A group that opposed the general state of intellectualism and spirituality -
First McGuffey Reader Published
A guide to what was occurring in the public school movement and in American culture -
Texas Declared Independence from Mexico
Formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico -
Battle of the Alamo
Pivotal event in the Texas Revolution -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
Required payment for government land to be in gold or silver -
Panic of 1837
A financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
American statesman who served as the 8th president -
Ralph Waldo Emerson Gave the "Divinity School Address"
The speech he gave to the graduating class of Harvard Divinity School -
Trail of Tears Began
Cherokee Nation was forced to give up its land east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Resolved border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
Set fixed tariffs in the ports and gave Americans the right to buy land for churches and hospitals -
James Polk Elected President
11th president, defeated Whig Henry Clay -
U.S. Annexation of Texas
Texas Congress annexed Texas to the United States -
Start of the Mexican War
The annexation of Texas by the United States angered the Mexican government -
Bear Flag Revolt
American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government -
John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
A highly successful industrial organization -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Between the U.S. and Mexico, adding additional land to the United States territory -
Gold Rush Began in California
Gold was found by James W. Marshall -
Henry David Thoreau Published Civil Disobedience
He was a transcendentalist who had serious problems with the way the United States was run -
Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the U.S.
Seeking to re-establish regular trade and discourse between Japan and the Western world -
Gadsden Purchase
Territory the United States purchased through a treaty -
Kanagawa Treaty
Japan's first treaty with a western nation (United States)
