Industrial Revolution and Era of Good Feelings: Timeline

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  • First Textile Mill

    Samuel Slater brings textile technology from Britain to America.

  • Cotton Gin

    Creation of machine that separates cotton from its seeds.
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    Industry in America

  • The Clermont (First Steamboat)

    Worlds first commercially successful steamboat.

  • Election of 1812 - Madison

    James Madison ran against DeWitt Clinton, happened during the War of 1812.

  • War of 1812

    War between America and the UK, lasted two and a half years.

  • Mill in Latham, Mass. - Francis Cabot Lowell

    Created in Massachusetts, famous for creating Lowell Mills.

  • Tariff of 1816

    Tariff created in 1816 for the sole purpose of protecting the U.S.

  • Election of 1816 - Monroe

    Election held in 1816, James Monroe went against Rufus King, happened near the verge of the collapse of the federalist party.

  • Turnpikes - National Road

    Checkpoints along roadways that once you paid a fee, they would turn the pikes and allow you to pass.

  • Railroads - Enter the US

    Tracks intended for trains to carry large amounts of cargo/people quickly across the country.

  • Election of 1820 - Monroe

    James Monroe ran for president again, unoppsed.

  • Workingman's Party

    First ever labor-oriented political organization in America.

  • Adams-Onis Treaty

    Treaty with spain to give ownership of Florida to the U.S.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Stated that further attempts to take American land would be seen as an act of aggression.

  • Erie Canal (Completion in NY)

    Built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, built in New York.

  • Telegraph - Samuel F.B. Morse

    Used to send long distance messages, Samuel F.B. Morse's message read, "What hath God wrought?"

  • Irish and German Immigrants

    More than one half of the population of Ireland and Germany emigrated to the U.S.