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James Monroe is Elected President
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Second Great Awakening Began
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Eli Whitney patents the Cotton Gin
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Charles B. Finney Lead Religious Revivals in Western New York
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Thomas Jefferson Was Elected President
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Gabriel Posser Slave Revolt
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Louisiana Purchase
U.S. bought a large tract of land from France. -
Marbury v.s. Madison
Case which formed basis for judicial review. -
Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Embargo Act
Prohibited American ships from trading with foreign ports. -
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
A British ship attacks a U.S. ship -
James Madison is Elected President
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Non Intercourse Act
Forbade trade with England and France -
Francis Cabot Lowell Smuggled Memorized Textile Mill Plans From Manchester, England
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Beginning of Manifest Destiny
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Death of Tecumseh
Indian chief was brutally murdered. -
The British Burn Washington DC
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Treaty of Ghent is Ratified
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Hartford Convention
Group of New England fishers fight against the Embargo Act. -
Robert Owen Founded the New Harmony Community
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End of the War of 1812
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Battle of New Orleans
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Era of Good Feelings Begins
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Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
A judicial case to change Dartmouth University from a private institution to a public college. -
Rush-Bagot Treaty
An agreement between the U.S. and England to remove all naval ships from the Great Lakes. -
Anglo-American Convention
Allowed joint occupation of Oregon country -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain giving Florida to U.S. and set a boundary between U.S. and Mexico. -
McCullouh v.s. Maryland
State of Maryland cannot tax the National Bank -
Panic of 1819
Economic depression swept through the nation. -
Missouri Compromise
Gov't bands any addition of slave states past a certain point. -
Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt
Most important slave revolt that didn't happen. -
Monroe Doctrine
Opposed European colonialism in the Americas -
John Quincy Adams is Elected President
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Gibbons vs Ogden
Resulted in only congress being able to control interstate waters. -
Erie Canal Was Completed
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Lyman Beecher Delivered His "Six Sermons on Intemperance"
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Tariff of Abominations
A protective tariff for the north. -
Andrew Jackson Is Elected President
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Catherine Beecher Published "Essays on the Education of Female Teachers"
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Joseph Smith Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
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Indian Removal Act
Forcibly removed Native Americans from their land. -
Nullification Crisis Begins.
South Carolina doesn't want to pay the Protective Tariffs. -
Black Hawk War
Black Hawk fought a war for his land -
Worcester vs Georgia
Challenged the constitutionality of Georgia State laws. -
Andrew Jackson Vetoed the Re-Charter of the Second Bank of the United States
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Creation of the Whig Party in the U.S.
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Treaty of New Echota
Provided a legal basic for the Trail of Tears -
First McGuffey Reader Published
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John Humphrey Noyes Founded the Oneida Community
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Texas Declares Independence from Mexico
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Battle of the Alamo
Pivotal turning point in Texas Revolution -
Andrew Jackson Issues Specie Circular
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Horace Mann Elected Secretary of Massachusetts Board of Education
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Panic of 1837
Followed Jefferson's financial policies; even deeper financial depression. -
Martin Van Buren is Elected President
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Ralph Waldo Emerson gave the "Divinity School Address"
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Trail of Tears Began
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Resolved conflicts in Anglo-American relations. -
Treaty of Wanghia with China
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James Polk Elected President
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U.S. Annexation of Texas
A great territorial expansion. -
Start of the Mexican War
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Bear Flag Revolt
Independence rebellion with American settlers in California. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Gave an extra 525,000 square miles of land to the U.S. -
Gold Rush Begins in California
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Henry David Thoreau Publishes "Civil Disobedience"
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Commodore Matthew Perry Entered Tokyo Harbor Opening Japan to the U.S.
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Gadsden Purchase
Treaty between U.S. and Mexico for a purchase of land. -
Kanagawa Treaty
Opened Japanese ports to the U.S. -
Transcendental Club's First Meeting
