the first half of the 19th century

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    During Thomas Jefferson's presidency he Oversaw the Louisiana purchase then doubled the country's land area.
  • The US expands with the Louisiana Purchase

    The US expands with the Louisiana Purchase

    In 1803 the Louisiana purchase was brought into the U.S. and the size of the young republic doubled in size to about 828,000 square miles of territory from France.
  • Slavery abolished in the West

    Slavery abolished in the West

    around the end of 1807 the U.S. cease to export of slaves from Africa to the Americas. this decisive factor was the abolition of slavery in the United States.
  • James Madison

    James Madison

    James Madison helped right the Bill of Rights. And he also created the framework for the U.S.
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812

    The reason for the war of 1812 was to settle the conflict between the U.S. and the UK on the battlefield
  • James Monroe

    James Monroe

    James Monroe had a ton of successful foreign affairs such as the acquisition of Florida and the settlement of boundary issues with Britain
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams

    When he lost the election Adams came home to become secretary of state
  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren lost the white house and proposed the establishment of an independent treasury to handle the federal funds that had been moved to state banks and cut off all federal government expenditures to ensure the government would remain solvent.
  • The Opium Wars

    The Opium Wars

    in the mid 19th century China, Britain, and France all fought in the opium wars to settle conflict because china stopped producing opium because it was to addictive.
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler

    John Tyler helped a lot with the Annexation of Texas so Texas could be apart of the U.S.