HIST2113 Timeline 1800-1876

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  • Slavery is ended in the Northwest Territory

    Slavery is ended in the Northwest Territory

  • The United States Library of Congress

    The United States Library of Congress is founded.

  • President John Adams

    President John Adams is elected and is the first president to live in the White House.

  • President Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson is elected the 3rd president.

  • Tripoli Declares War against the U.S.

    The U.S. refused to pay additional tribute to commerce in Arabia, resulting in Tripoli declaring war.

  • Second State of the Nation Address

    Jefferson gives his Second State of the Nation Address to the House of Representatives and the Senate. It promotes peace with Europe and the payment of public debts.

  • Ohio Admitted to the Union

    Ohio is admitted to the Union and becomes the 17th state.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Jefferson purchased Louisiana, doubling the size of the United States.

  • New Jersey Abolishes Slavery

    New Jersey abolishes slavery, and is the last northern state to do so.

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark begin their expedition after the orders of Jefferson to map the northwest of the U.S.

  • Thomas Jefferson is Reelected

  • Michigan Territory is Established

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition Ends

  • Aaron Burr is Arrested

    Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Alabama.

  • Congress Prohibits the Importation of Slaves

  • President James Madison

    James Madison is elected the 4th president of the United States.

  • Illinois Territory Established

  • War of 1812

  • James Madison is Reelected

  • British Troops Burn Washington

  • President James Monroe

    James Monroe is elected president

  • Indiana Established

    Indiana becomes the 19th state

  • The Panic of 1819

  • Missouri Compromise

  • James Monroe is Reelected

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • President John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams is elected president after an unsuccessful election.

  • President Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson was elected president.

  • Second Great Awakening

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Black Hawk War

  • Ordinance of Nullification in South Carolina

  • Battle of the Alamo

  • President Van Buren

    Van Buren was elected.

  • Arkansas Became the 25th State

  • Panic of 1837

  • President William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison is elected president.

  • President John Tyler

    John Tyler became president in the same year Harrison.

  • Presidential Election Day Act

    Act passed by Congress that established Tuesday after the first Monday in November as election day.

  • President James K. Polk

  • Mexican American War

  • Seneca Falls Convention for Women's Rights

  • California Gold Rush

  • Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

  • Slave Trade Abolished in Washington, D.C.

  • Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850

  • President Franklin Pierce

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • President James Buchanan

  • Utah War

  • Panic of 1857

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • President Abraham Lincoln

  • President Jefferson Davis

  • Dakota War of 1862

  • Battle of Gettysburg

  • American Civil War Ended

  • 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment was added and outlawed slavery.

  • President Andrew Johnson

  • Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

  • Red River War