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The first session of the First United States Congress, it established the federal judiciary of the United States.
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Establishment of reform movements to address injustices and alleviate suffering such as the Temperance Movement, the Women's suffrage Movement and the Abolitionist Movement in which people advocated for emancipation on religious grounds
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United States acquired the vast domain of Louisiana Territory, some 828,000 square miles of land from France which expanded the U.S.
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Northern states rapidly passed laws to abolish slavery, but New Jersey was the last northern state to abolish slavery which ended in 1804
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Their mission was sent by president Jefferson to explore the unknown territory, bought in the Louisiana Purchase to establish trade with the Natives.
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Stopped of slaves from being transported into the United States
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The first commercial steamboat, the North River Steamboat aka Clermont, which carried passengers between New York City and upstream to the state capital Albany, New York.
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Lifted all embargoes on American shipping except for those bound for British or French ports
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In an attempt to cut off supplies from reaching the enemy, both sides attempted to block the United States from trading with the other
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Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase north of latitude 36°30′N, except for Missouri
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Policy of opposing European colonialism in The United States
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Traversed 363 miles from Albany to Buffalo. It was the longest artificial waterway and the greatest public works project in North America
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Oldest railroad in the United States and the first common carrier railroad
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Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders
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Rebellion led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the largest and deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history.
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Forced removals of Native American nations from their homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River.
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Provided that petitions relating to slavery would be laid on the table without being read or referred to committee.
