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Manifest Destiny/American Progress. By Leena, Cole, and Ashawnie

By historyfcw

  • James Madison is president

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    Manifest Destiny/American Progress

    Events that occured within this decade, including presidents, important people, events, technology, and defining who is an American.

  • The Pacific Fur Company is formed by John Jacob Astor.

  • The first steam-powered ferry service between New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey is started on John Steven's ship, the Juliana.

  • The city directory of Albany, New York is first published

  • Louisiana admitted as a state

  • America’s Navy wins the battle of Lake Erie

    People migrate into the area around the Great Lakes

  • U.S. wins the battle of Thames and secures Detroit.

  • Francis Scott writes the “Star-Spangled Banner”

  • A peace treaty is signed

    British and American government sign a peace treaty at Ghent, bringing to an end the war of 1812

  • Battle of New Orleans won

    Allowing people to move into what is now Alabama and Mississippi

  • The first American railroad charter is granted by the state of New York

  • Second Bank of United States is chartered

  • Indiana admitted as a state

  • JJames Monroe is president

  • The Rush Bagot treaty is signed.

    This will limit the amount of armaments allowed on the great Lakes by British and American forces

  • Mississippi admitted as a state

  • Connecticut abolished the requirement of owning property to vote

  • Illinois admitted as a state

  • First private military school in the United States

    Norwich University founded by Captain Alden Partridge In Vermont

  • Alabama admitted as a state

  • American population continues to rise with 33% more than in 1810

    The center of the U.S now stretches 16 miles east of West Virginia