First Half of the 19th Century

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    Europeans immagrate to America.

    People from Europe immagrated to America because of crop failure, land and job shortages. They thought the U.S. had better economical oppurtunities. Others moved for political and to escape religious persecution. This event continuied into the late 20th century.
  • population groth of 1800-1809

    population groth of 1800-1809
    The popultion was 5.3 million pepole becuse of the migration.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson was president made president in Jefferson negotiated with France for the purchase of the land West of the Mississippi River until the Pacific Ocean. Later, he ordered the Louis and Clark Expedition to explore the new land. with his vice president Aaron Burr.Jefferson negotiated with France for the purchase of the land West of the Mississippi River until the Pacific Ocean. Later, he ordered the Louis and Clark Expedition to explore the new land.
  • The United States purchased Louisiana Purchase with France

    The United States purchased Louisiana Purchase with France
    The United States concluded the purchase of the Louisiana Purchase with France.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte was Crowned the Emperor of France

    Napoleon Bonaparte was Crowned the Emperor of France
    Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France.
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 (O.S. March 5) – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and political theorist. He is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights.[1] He was the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817). He served as a politician much of his adult life. Like other Virginia statesmen in the slave society,[2] he was a slavehold
  • economical

    Embargo Act bans all trade with foreign countries and forbids American ships to set sail for foreign ports. This act has a lasting negative effect on New England seaports.
    The Clermont, first reliable steamboat, travels from New York City to Albany, N.Y.
    The Chesapeake-Leopard incident in which three Americans are seized or "impressed" as seamen from the American ship Chesapeake stirs anti-British feeling.
  • population and imigrants

    population and imigrants
    Population 7,036,000 Immigrants 60,000
  • Work began on the national road, the first federal highway

    This road helped people move more out west.
  • Old ironside

    Old ironside
    ugust naval battles in the War of 1812 begin with the United States Navy defeating the British when the U.S.S. Essex captured Alert. Three days later, the tide would turn in British favor as English forces capture Fort Detroit without a fight. This would be followed up on August 19 when the U.S.S. Constitution secured another victory for the Navy of the United States off the coast of Nova Scotia when it destroyed the British frigate Guerriere, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides" when British
  • People migrate to the Ohio Indiana area

    People migrate to the Ohio Indiana area to settle because of all the vacant land.
  • james monroe

    james monroe
    James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation.[1] His presidency was marked both by an "Era of Good Feelings" – a period of relatively little partisan strife – and later by the Panic of 1819 and a fierce national debate over the admission of the Missouri Territory. Monroe is most noted
  • First packet liners sail from...

    First packet liners sail from...
    First packet liners sail between New York City and Liverpool Port, usually carrying passengers and cargo.
  • population and imagration.

    population and imagration.
    Population 10,086,000 Immigrants 60,000
  • Americans move to Canada

    Americans move to Canada
    Even though the government in America was better, Americans moved to Ccanada because there was more land.
  • Freed Slaves go to Africa

    Freed Slaves go to Africa
    The first freed group of American slaves, leave to settle a colony known as the republic of liberia when they arrive on African soil in Providence Island.
  • John Quincy Adam

    John Quincy Adam
    John Quincy Adam) was the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829). He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former President John Adams and Abigail Adams. As a diplomat, Adams played an important role in negotiating many international treaties, most notably the Trea
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson
    He defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, he felt Strongly against the national bank, he vetoed the renewal of its charter and ensured its collapse.In January 1835, Jackson paid off the entire national debt, the only time in U.S. history that has been accomplished.he sufferd from severe depression from 1837 to 1844 caused a tenfold increase in national debt within its first year.
  • Population and immigration

    Population and immigration
    Population 12,785,000 Immigrants 143,000
  • William Harrison

    He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1981, and last President to be born before the United States Declaration of Independence. As a general in the subsequent War of 1812, his most notable contribution was a victory at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, which brought an end to hostilities in his region
  • Gold Rush!

    Gold Rush!
    People began flocking the state of California because the heard the the people that had settled over there had found gold.