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Signing of the Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. -
John Adams elected President
John Adams is elected second president of the U.S. Jefferson is elected vice president, having received the second largest number of electoral votes. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Congress passes what are collectively known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts, the Naturalization Act, the Alien Act, the Sedition Act, and the Alien Enemies Act, are passed in the midst of a quasi-war with France and heightened public criticism of foreign policy. -
Lousiana Purchase
as the United States spread across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River became increasingly important as a conduit for the produce of americas west. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri admits to being a slave state and Maine as a free state. Maine immediately gives right to vote and education to all male citizens. The compromise also prohibited slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30'N lat. (southern boundary of Missouri). The 36°30' proviso held until 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. -
The Alamo
Five thousand Mexican soldiers under General Santa Anna lay siege to the Alamo, a mission church in San Antonio, Texas, being used as a makeshift fortress by anglo-texan rebels. Only sixteen women, children, and servants survive -
Trail of Tears
Forced removal of Cherokee from eastern woodlands to Oklahoma. Tribes removed include the Cherokee, chickasaw, choctaw, creek, and seminole. -
Sioux Protest
The Sioux Indians, in a petition to President Polk, protest that white settlers in the Great Plains region are driving away the buffalo on which the Sioux depend for food. This forces the Sioux to encroach upon enemy territory in order to find game to hunt, endangering their lives and the welfare of their families. The federal government ignores their pleas for assistance. -
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
In the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, American forces under Gen. Zachary Taylor rout Mexican troops led Gen.Mariano Arista, who are forced to withdraw across the Rio Grande. -
Oregon Agreement
The British agree to an Oregon boundary at the 49th parallel, as long as Vancouver Island (some of which extends below the 49th parallel) remains entirely in British control. -
California Claimed for US
Shortly after landing ships at san fransisco and sonoma, california, U.S. Navbal forces under commodore John D Sloat raise the American flag to claim the land for the United States , thus ending the brief duration of the Bear flag republic. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Peace treaty ending the Mexican-American War. Also known as the treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement. -
John Quincy Adams Dies
John Quincy Adams, staunch opponent of slavery and the only President to serve in Congress after his presidency, is struck with a fatal cerebral hemorhage in his seat on the floo of the house and dies two days later, the same days that the senate recieves the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Congressional business is suspended until after his funeral. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
150 men, women, and children of the Lakota had been killed and 51 were wounded by U.S. Troops in a well known Lakota camp. The soldiers arrived intending to disarm the Natives, when the Natives refused to obey the command, the troops began opening fire on the tribe.
