First Half of the 19th Century Timeline

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson was president made president in Jefferson negotiated with France for the purchase of the land West of the Mississippi River until the Pacific Ocean. with his vice president Aaron Burr. Jefferson negotiated with France for the purchase of the land West of the Mississippi River until the Pacific Ocean.
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Expedition
    Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored thousands of miles of new land that settlers could later move to. This changed the science field, giving it exponential knowledge, and new experiments to conduct. Exploring the land gave other US citizens the opportunity to make new lives out west
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 (O.S. March 5) – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and political theorist. He is hailed as the "father of the Constitution." being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights
  • Old ironside

    Old ironside
    august naval battles in the War of 1812 began with the United States Navy defeating the British when the U.S.S. Essex captured Alert. This would be followed up on August 19 when the U.S.S. Constitution secured another victory for the Navy of the United States off the coast of Nova Scotia when it destroyed the British frigate Guerriere, earning the nickname "Old Ironsides" when the British
  • james monroe

     james monroe
    James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation. His presidency was marked both by an "Era of Good Feelings" – a period of relatively little partisan strife – and later by the Panic of 1819
  • Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman
    Harriet Tubman (1819-1913) dedicated her whole life to freeing slaves from their bondage by being a conductor on the underground railroad. Over her lifetime, Harriet helped over 300 slaves escape. She risked her life to rescue her people from captivity and was an honorable woman.
  • Susan B. Anthony

    Susan B. Anthony
    Susan B. Anthony, who lived from 1820-to 1906, dedicated her life to securing women's rights and fighting for equality. Despite all of that, Susan pressed on and fought for her rights, as well as the rights of all other women. She was looked down upon by most of the male society because they thought women were inferior and didn't like the fact that women were starting to stand up for themselves.
  • John Quincy Adam

    John Quincy Adam
    John Quincy Adam) was the sixth President of the United States (1825–1829). He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson
    He defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, he felt Strongly against the national bank, vetoed the renewal of its charter, and ensured its collapse. In January 1835, Jackson paid off the entire national debt, the only time in the U.S.
  • American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter

    American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter
    The invention of the typewriter obviously led to the invention of the computer, which forever changed the way the world worked, spoke, and communicated. other things like new medicine, operations, travel, etc. were invented. Thanks to the invention of the typewriter, the world keeps advancing and adding to its abilities with the computer.