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The Cumberland Road
Encylopedia BritannicaThe Cumberland Road was the main road for the NorthWest territory at the time. It was made from Cumberland, Maryland all the way to Vandalia, Illinois. -
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Era of Good Feelings
The Era of good feelings represents the dominance of the Democratic-Republicans have won for 4 terms. Although Democratic-Republicans were now the only active national party, its leaders incorporated major economic policies that had been favored by Federalists since the time of Alexander Hamilton.
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Erie Canal
Erie CanalThe American had a hard time transporting goods from the interior and beyond the great physical barrier of the Appalachian Mountains. They were trying to link Lake Erie with the other great lakes by a canal. -
The Emergence Of Sectionalism
Emergence of SectionalismThe collapse of the Federalist party left the Jeffersonian Republicans in control of virtually all important governmental offices. This period of harmony—what historians once called the Era of Good Feeling—was not illusory, but it was far from stable. -
Election of John Quincy Adams
Election of John Quincy AdamsFor the first time no one ran as a federalist. The official candidate of the Democratic-Republicans to replace Monroe was William H. Crawford. -
Election of Andrew Jackson
Election of Andrew JacksonThe Virginia presidential dynasty was coming to an end with the second term of James Monroe. Three seasoned members of his cabinet vied for the succession: Secretary of State John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Treasury William Harris Crawford of Georgia, and Secretary of War John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. -
Sequoya Writes the Cherokee Language
Cherokee LanguageAt first Sequoyah experimented with a writing system based on logograms, but found this cumbersome and unsuitable for Cherokee. He later developed a syllabary which was originally cursive and hand-written, but it was too difficult and expensive to produce a printed version, so he devised a new version with some symbols based on letters from the Latin alphabet and on Western numbers. -
Tariff of Abominations
Tariff of AbominationsOn this day, the Tariff of 1828—better known as the Tariff of Abominations—passed the House of Representatives, 105 to 94. The tariff sought to protect New England manufacturing interests and western agricultural products from competition with foreign imports; however, the resulting tax on foreign goods severely devalued southern cotton exports. -
1829 Gold Rush
Two gold mines have just been discovered in this county, and preparations are making to bring these hidden treasures of the earth to use." So it appears that what we long anticipated has come to pass at last, namely, that the gold region of North and South Carolina, would be found to extend into Georgia. -
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson outlined his Indian removal policy in his Second Annual Message to Congress on December 6, 1830. Jackson's comments on Indian removal begin with the words, "It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government, steadily pursued for nearly thirty years, in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation. -
Jackson Vetos the 2nd National Bank
Jackson Vetos the BankOn July 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill that would have renewed the corporate charter for the Second Bank of the United States. It was one of the most definitive acts of his presidency. The Second Bank of the United States was created in the aftermath of the War of 1812 and had been controversial throughout its life. -
Worchester V. Georgia
Worchester V. GeorgiaIn the 1820s and 1830s Georgia conducted a relentless campaign to remove the Cherokees, who held territory within the borders of Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee at the time. In 1827 the Cherokees established a constitutional government. The Cherokees were not only restructuring their government but also declaring to the American public that they were a sovereign nation that could not be removed without their consent. -
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Second Seminole War
The Treaty of Payne's Landing, signed by a small number of Seminoles in May 1832, required Indians to give up their Florida lands within three years and move west. When the U.S. Army arrived in 1835 to enforce the treaty, the Indians were ready for war.
As Major Francis Dade marched from Fort Brooke toward Fort King, 180 Seminole warriors led by Micanopy, Alligator and Jumper attacked. Only one man of that army detachment survived the ambush. -
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Sauk Removal
Jackson Vetos the BankOn July 10, 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill that would have renewed the corporate charter for the Second Bank of the United States. It was one of the most definitive acts of his presidency. The Second Bank of the United States was created in the aftermath of the War of 1812 and had been controversial throughout its life. -
Nullification Crisis
Nullification CrisisIn 1828, Congress passed a high protective tariff that infuriated the southern states because they felt it only benefited the industrialized north. For example, a high Tariff on imports increased the cost of British Textiles. This tariff benefited American producers of cloth — mostly in the north. -
Election of Martin Van Buren
Martin Van BurenVan Buren had little trouble securing the nomination, winning it on a unanimous, first ballot vote at the convention. Van Buren's running mate was Congressman Richard Johnson of Kentucky. Martin Van Buren presented his candidacy as a continuation of Jackson's policies, which it was. -
Trail of Tears
Trail of TearsAt the beginning of the 1830s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida--land their ancestors had occupied and cultivated for generations. By the end of the decade, very few natives remained anywhere in the southeastern United States. -
Panic of 1837
Van Buren was elected president in 1836, but he saw financial problems beginning even before he entered the White House.
He inherited Andrew Jackson's financial policies, which contributed to what came to be known as the Panic of 1837.
