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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
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Fletcher v. Peck
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Treaty of Ghent
Signed in the Belgian city of the same name, ends the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain. Historians usually consider the end of the War of 1812 to be the approximate starting point of the antebellum period. -
Martin v. Hunter’s Lease
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Tariff of 1816
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Supreme Court ruled that a private corporation’s contract can’t be changed by the state -
McCulloch v. Maryland
The Supreme Court determined that a state could not tax the federal government
The Supreme Court also ruled federal laws to have more power than state laws.
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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Cohens v. Virginia
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Age of the Common Man
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Genre Painting
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Nullification Crisis
South Carolina chose to nullify the Tariff of !828 and the Tariff of 1832
“Proclamation to the People of South Carolina”
Andrew Jackson’s proclamation that nullification and separation from the Union were akin to treason
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Panic of 1837
The economy falls into a depression known as the Panic of 1837. The crisis begins with a financial panic, with the total face value of banknotes in circulation nationwide almost four times the total value of specie (money). Apart from a brief recovery in 1838, the depression will last until 1843. -
Telegraph Showcased
Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrates his telegraph in Morristown, New Jersey. -
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Shakers
Early religious experiment in a communal society
Men and women were separated -
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Fourier Phalanxes
Started by Charles Fourier, a French socialist -
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Brook Farm
Transcendentalist utopian experiment in a communal society
Founded by George Ripley
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U.S Declares War on Mexico
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Mexico Surrender
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Gold Rush Begins
James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill on the American River in California; the Gold Rush begins. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Seneca Falls Convention
Abolitionist activists and Quakers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott convene the Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights in a Wesleyan chapel at Seneca, New York. Some 240 people attend, 40 of them men, including famous orator, activist, and runaway slave Frederick Douglass. The Convention passes several resolutions, including one calling for extension of the franchise to women. Its attendees adopt a statement known as the Declaration of Sentiments (or the Senec -
Oneida Community
Cooperative society
Created fine quality silverware