Main Events 1800-1876

  • Invention of the Battery

    Invention of the Battery
    Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the Battery.
  • Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States

    Thomas Jefferson became President of the United States
    Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States.
  • The Louisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase
    The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States which helped the United States greatly.
  • The Lewis and Clark expedition

    The Lewis and Clark expedition
    Lewis and Clark started their expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean
  • Thomas Jefferson Second Inauguration

    Thomas Jefferson Second Inauguration
  • The Steam Boat was Invented

    The Steam Boat was Invented
    The Steam Boat was invented by Robert Fulton
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    James Madison was the Fourth President of the United States.
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812
    The US declared war on Britain because of the their interference with their maritime shipping in the Westward shipping.
  • James Madisons Second Inauguration

    James Madisons Second Inauguration
  • Francis Scott Key

    Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner when he sees the British attack Fort Mc Henry.
  • Treaty of Ghent

    The treaty of Ghent was signed ending the War of 1812.
  • James Monroe becomes President

    James Monroe becomes President
    James Monroe the 5th President of the United States
  • The Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise led to the American Civil War because the Missouri Compromise was an agreement that banned slave trade.
  • James Monroe Second Inagurtaion

    James Monroe Second Inagurtaion
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    American continents are off limits for European Colonization.
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams becomes 6th president of the United States.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson Becomes 7th President of the United States
  • Indian Removal Act

    President Jackson Signs the Indian Removal Act which forces the Native Removal of the Native Americans living in the Eastern part of the country to move West of the city.
  • Nate Turners Rebellion

    Nate Turners Rebellion
    This was a rebellion of the Black Slaves. This was when the Blacks killed the Whites and proved that the slaves were not enjoying their lives as slaves.
  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren Inaugurated the The 8th President of the United States
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    The Trail of Tears was when thousands of Cherokee Indians were forced to march to Georgia and many people died of starvation.
  • The End of the Second great Awakening

    The End of the Second great Awakening
    The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious movement in the United States that started in 1790. Many people met in large groups which they called revivals.
  • William Harrison Inaugurated

    William Harrison Inaugurated
    William Harrison Inaugurated the 9th President of the United States
  • Manifest Destiny

    Coined by John O'Sullivan.
  • James Polk

    James Polk
    Inaugurated the 11th President of the United States.
  • Mexican War

    The Mexican War the U.S. declares war on Mexico to gain California and other territory in Southwest.
  • Zachary Tayler

    Zachary Tayler
    Inaugurated as 13th President of the United States
  • Millard Fillmore

    Millard Fillmore
    The Thirteenth President of the United States.
  • The Fugitive Slave Act

    The Fugitive Slave Act
    Fugitive Slave Act helped the return of slaves that brought to free states.
  • Franklin Pirece

    Franklin Pirece
    The 14th President of the United Staes.
  • James Buchan

    James Buchan
    The 15th President of the United States of America
  • Dred Scott vs. Sanford

    Supreme Court ruled that Congress had no right to abolish slavery and the slaves are not Citizens of the United States.
  • South Carolina Secedes from the Union

    South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana all Seceded form the Union.
  • Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy

  • Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States

    Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States
    Abraham Lincoln was 16th President of the United States
  • The American Civil War

    The American Civil War
    The American Civil War was a collect between the Northern and Southern America due to the Confederate States of America.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    Abraham Lincoln stated that all slaves under the Confederacy were from then on “forever free.”
  • Andrew Johnson is 17th President

    Andrew Johnson is 17th  President
  • The End of American Civil War

    The End of American Civil War
    The Northern was against Slavery and Southern States were for Slavery which resulted in the Confederate States of America.
  • Ulysses S. Grant is the 18th President of the United States

    Ulysses S. Grant  is the 18th President of the United States
  • First Transcontinental Railroad

    First Transcontinental Railroad