History Unit V

Ann Lee

Mar 26, 1774

Anne Lee came to the United States from England.

Washington Irving

Mar 26, 1809

Washington Irving became a very popular writer.

Grito De Dolores

Sep 16, 1810

The Grito De Dolores speech was given.

Tariffs

Mar 24, 1816

Tariffs had risen steadily.

Cherokee Nation

Mar 24, 1817

Jackson had offered each Cherokee a choice. They could move west or settle down on 640 acres of land.

Britian and U.S.

Mar 27, 1818

Brittian and the U.S. had claimed the Oregon Country and agreed to occupy the region together.

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Mar 10, 1820

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was passed making Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state.

High School

Mar 26, 1821

Boston set up the first public high school.

Agustin de Itrubide

Mar 27, 1821

Agustin de Itrubide took over.

Tejanos

Mar 27, 1821

Texas had about 4000 Tenjaos.

Stephen Austin

Mar 27, 1821

Stephen Austin led the first group of Americans to the Austin grant.

Mexico

Jun 30, 1821

Mexico was independent andnot a shot had been fired.

Jedediah Smith

Mar 27, 1823

Jedediah Smith led a party of hunters to western Wyoming.

William Becknell

Mar 27, 1824

William Becknell became the first wertern trader to carryhis goods in Conestoga wagons.

Thomas Cole

Mar 26, 1825

Thomas Cole began painting landscapes.

Cherokee and Constitution

Mar 24, 1827

The Cherokee adopted a constitution, based on the United States Constitution, for a Cherokee Republic

New York

Mar 26, 1827

New York abolished slavery.

California

Mar 27, 1827

Jedediah Smith headed for California.

Andrew Jackson

Mar 10, 1828

Andrew Jackson won the presidential election of 1828.

President

Mar 4, 1829

Jackson was sworn in as president.

Slavery

Mar 27, 1829

The Mexican government ended slavery.

Indian Removal Act

Mar 24, 1830

Congress passed the Indian Removal Act.

Anglo-American

Mar 27, 1830

Mexico closed Texas to Anglo-American settlers and banned the introduction of more slaves.

Joseph Smith

Mar 27, 1830

Joseph Smith founded the Curch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Nat Tunrner's

Mar 25, 1831

Nat Turner's Rebellion happend.

Tariff lowered

Mar 24, 1832

Congress had the tariff lowered

Chief Justice John Marshall

Mar 24, 1832

Chie Justice John Marshall ruled that Georgia had no right to force the Cherokee to move.

Bank

Mar 24, 1832

Congress voted to renew the Charter of the bank.

Election of 1832

Mar 24, 1832

The presidental election of 1832 was held.

Sam Houston

Mar 27, 1832

Sam Houston moved to Texas to practice law.

Comprmise Tariff

Mar 24, 1833

Congress passed a Comprmise Tariff.

California Missions

Mar 27, 1833

Mexican Congress ordered the missions to turn over half their lands to the Indians.

Santa Anna

Mar 27, 1834

Santa Anna had becaome Mexico's dictator.

John Sutter

Mar 28, 1834

John Sutter set out for America.

Seminole Indians

Mar 24, 1835

The Seminole Indians refused to leave their lands in Florida.

San Antonio

Feb 23, 1836

Santa Anna and his troops attacked San Antonio.

The Banks Charter

Mar 24, 1836

The Banks Charter ran out.

Martin Van Buren

Mar 24, 1836

Martin Van Buren was elected for President.

Raise the Rent!

Mar 26, 1836

Mill owners in Lowell, Massachusetts raised the rent on the houses where the workers lived. The workers then whent on strike.

Wesleyan College

Mar 26, 1836

Wesleyan College opened and was the first women's college.

Annexed

Mar 27, 1836

Texas asked Congress to be *annexed to the Union. *Added

Osceola

Mar 24, 1837

An American general called a truce to discuss peace with Oseceola.

Factories

Mar 24, 1837

Almost 90% of the nation's factories closed down in 1837.

The Panic of 1837

Mar 24, 1837

The Collapse of the nation's money system caused the Panic of 1837.

Move West

Mar 24, 1838

The Cherokee moved west.

California

Mar 28, 1838

John Sutter headed for California.

Whigs

Mar 24, 1840

The Whigs chose William Henry Harrison to run for President.

Ten-Hour day

Mar 26, 1840

President Van Buren put in plaen-hour day for all public workers.

Antislavery Movment

Mar 26, 1840

Leaders of the antislavery movement gathered in London, England.

Thee Census of 1841

Mar 25, 1841

The census of 1841 happend.

Potatoes

Mar 25, 1845

A disease attacked thee potato crop.

The Emigrants' Guide

Mar 27, 1845

The Emigrants' Guide explained everything.

New Mexican Government

Jan 28, 1846

A new Mexcican Government came to power.

No liquor

Mar 26, 1846

Maine passed a law banning the sale of liquor.

The Mexican War

May 28, 1846

Congress declared war on Mexico which started the Mexican War.

Levi Strauss

Mar 25, 1847

Levi Strauss came to America.

Brigham Young

Mar 27, 1847

Brigham Young led a party out on the Oregon Trail.

Genral Winfield Scott

Sep 28, 1847

Mexico City fell to Genral Winfield Scott's troops.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Mar 28, 1848

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War.

California Gold Rush of 1849

Mar 28, 1849

The California Gold Rush of 1849 started.

California

Mar 28, 1850

California became a state.

Moby-Dick

Mar 26, 1851

Moby-Dick was published.

Land

Mar 28, 1853

Mexico sold the U.S. a strip of land for $10 million.

Women's Rights

Mar 26, 1860

New York passed a law giving women rights to their own property.

President

Mar 26, 1872

Susan B. Anthony tried to vote in the presidnential election.