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Gabriel Prosser slave revolt
-Slaves were to rebel in Richmond but rain postponed this event -
Thomas Jefferson Elected President
-Went against John Adams
-pursued the nation's shipping and trade interests -
Louisiana Purchase
-Land deal between U.S and France
-15 Million -
Mar-bury v. Madison
-Exercise of judicial review -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
-First to explore west of the U.S -
Embargo Act
-Prohibit trade with Foreign ports -
Chesapeake-Leopard affair
-Naval Engagement of British warship and American frigate
-Norfolk, Virginia -
Eli Whitney Patented the Cotton Gin
-Speed up the production of cotton by removing the seeds -
James Madison Elected President
-James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -
Non-Intercourse Act
-This Act lifted embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports -
Beginning of Manifest Destiny
-Territorial expansion to the west of the nation -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England
-Memorized how to make textile and escaped from England to create an American Industry -
Death of Tecumseh
-Americans won over Native Americans and British
-Indian confederacy surrendered to Harrison -
Battle of New Orleans
-Andrew Jackson repelled British army
-Last battle of 1812 -
The British Burn Washington D.C
-British attack against the capital -
End of war of 1812
-U.S against England
-British Blockade of France -
Treaty of Ghent Ratified
-Peace negotiations between U.S and Britain in Ghent Belgium -
Hartford Convention
-New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
-Treaty between U.S and England
-Limiting naval armaments at great lakes -
James Monroe elected president
-Won with 80 electoral votes
-5th president -
Era of Good Feelings
-United States that reflected a sense of national purpose and a desire for unity among Americans -
Anglo-American Convention
-Boundary and restoration of slaves between U.S and England -
Dartmouth college v. Woodward
- Public versus private charters and resulted in the rise of the American business corporation and the American free enterprise system
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Adams-Onis Treaty
-Treaty of U.S and Spain
-Purchase of Florida -
McCulloch v. Maryland
- McCulloch wanted to impose taxes on Maryland but Maryland did not to pay such taxes
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Panic of 1819
-Peacetime Financial Crisis -
Missouri Compromise
-Preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states -
Second Great Awakening Began
-Protestant religious movement membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
-Kill slaveholders in Charleston and liberate slaves -
Gibbons v. Ogden
-Individuals the exclusive right to operate steamboats on waters within state jurisdiction -
Erie Canal Completed
-Canal in New York that is part of the east–west, cross-state route from Albany, on the Hudson River, to Buffalo, at Lake Erie. -
Robert Owen Founded the Oneida Community
-Owen renamed the old site to New Harmony and established a new model for a Utopian community -
John Quincy Adams Elected President (Corrupt Bargain)
-Decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. -
Lyman Beecher Delivered his "Six sermons on the Intemperance"
-Threat that excessive alcohol consumption posed to the future success of the young nation -
Horace Mann Elected secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education
-American educational reformer and Whig politician dedicated to promoting public education -
Tariff of Abomination
-Protect industry in the north -
Andrew Jackson Elected President
-American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President -
Catherine Beecher Published Essay on the Education of Female Teachers
-Co-founded the innovative Hartford Female Seminary, whose purpose was to train women to be mothers and teachers -
Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals In Western New York
-Most forceful American evangelists, one who was greatly responsible for the rise of religious fervor -
Indian removal act
- Authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders
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Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints
-Church created and converters followed because of book of Mormon which he said was converted from gold plates -
Monroe doctrine
-U.S will not tolerate Further European Colonization -
Worcester v. Georgia
- Criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license
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Black Hawk War
-Brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans black hawk, Sauk leader -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the recharter of the second bank of the United States
-Arguing that in the form presented to him it was incompatible with “justice,” “sound policy” and the Constitution -
Nullification Crisis begin
-States sectional political crisis between South Carolina and Federal Government -
Creation of the Whig party in the U.S.
-Favored a program of modernization, banking, and economic protectionism to stimulate manufacturing. -
Treaty of New Echota
-The forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia -
First McGuffey readers publish
-U.S. educator who is remembered chiefly for his series of elementary school reading books popularly known as the McGuffey Readers -
Texas declared Independence from Mexico
-Formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico -
Battle of the Alamo
-Texans fighting for independence against Mexican troops led by president General Santa Anna -
Andrew Jackson Issued Specie Circular
-Executive order Coinage Act that makes people pay for land in the payments of gold and silver -
Transcendental Club's first meeting
-To discuss the formation of a new club -
Martin Van Buren Elected President
-8th president, american statesman -
Panic of 1837
- Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. Financial Crisis
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Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the " Divine School Address"
-response to what he sees as a widespread crisis of faith caused by man's disconnection from the source of his powers -
Trail of Tears began
-Indian Removal Policy Cherokee Indians force to move from the Mississippi river to Oklahoma -
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
- Resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies
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Treaty of Wanghia with China
-Treaty of Peace, Amity, and Commerce, with tariff of duties between Qing-dynasty china and U.S -
James Polk elected president
-11th president, previously elected 13th speaker of the house of representatives and governor of Tennessee -
U.S Annexation of Texas
-Incorporation of the Republic of Texas into the United States of America, became the 28th state -
Start of the Mexican War
-U.S. claimed the Rio Grande River, and the day that both troops met at the Rio Grande and the Mexican army opened fire -
Bear Flag Revolt
-Small group of american settlers tried to rebel against Mexican war but was terminated by the U.S military -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago
-New territory achieved, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
Gold Rush Began in California
-Gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California -
Henry David Thoreau published Civil Disobedience
-Opposed the Mexican-American War, which he viewed as an act of American aggression In protest, Thoreau refused to pay his poll taxes. -
Gadsen Purchase
-Purchase of southern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico to the minister of mexico -
Commodore Matthew Perry Enters Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to U.S
-Led four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay seeking to re-establish regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world -
Kanagawa Treaty
-Planned mission to open Japan and an unwavering policy by Japan's government of forbidding commerce with foreign nations
