Timeline 1800-1860

By cheergirl
  • Judiciary act

    Judiciary act

    This Act modified the Judiciary Act of 1789 in establishing ten new district courts
  • Thomas Jefferson becomes president 1801-1809

    Thomas Jefferson becomes president 1801-1809

  • West Point military acadamy opened

    West Point military acadamy opened

    It is still a popular military acadamy.
  • Ohio becomes a state

    Ohio becomes a state

    Free state
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from France.
  • Lewis and clark return

    Lewis and clark return

    Lewis and Clark were two famous explorers who traveled west to the mississsippi.

  • Embargo act

    Embargo act passed
  • It became illegal to import slaves.

    It became illegal to import slaves.

  • First succesful steamboat built

  • James Madison Presidency 1809-1817

    James Madison Presidency 1809-1817

  • Napolean gets married

  • Madison prohibits trade to Britain for the fourth time

  • War of 1812 begins

    War of 1812 begins

  • Creek indian war begins

    Creek indian war begins

  • Washington DC is burned by the British

    Washington DC is burned by the British

  • Treaty of Ghent is signed

    Treaty of Ghent is signed

  • Battle of New orleans

    Battle of New orleans

  • "The year with no summer"

    occured in maine. Cold all year. "no summer"
  • Erie Canal Opens

    Erie Canal Opens

  • James Manroe Presidency 1817-1825

    James Manroe Presidency 1817-1825

  • Adams-onis Treaty

  • Missouri Compromise passed

    Missouri Compromise passed

  • Mexico wins independence from spain

  • Jefferson era ends

    Jefferson era ends

  • Eli Whitney, creator of the cotton gin dies

  • John Quincy Adams Presidency 1825-1829

    John Quincy Adams Presidency 1825-1829

  • Andrew Jackson Presidency 1829-1837

    Andrew Jackson Presidency 1829-1837

  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act

  • Lowel factory Opened

  • South CArolina almost leaves union

    South CArolina almost leaves union

  • Trail of teara

  • Battle of Alamo

    Battle of Alamo

  • Oregan Trail opens

    Oregan Trail opens

  • Panic of 1837

  • Martain Van Buren President 1837-1841

    Martain Van Buren President 1837-1841

  • Gold rush

    Gold rush

  • First highway completed

  • William Henry Harrison presidency 1841

    William Henry Harrison presidency 1841

  • John Tyler Presidency 1841-1845

    John Tyler Presidency 1841-1845

  • James Polk Presidency 1845-49

    James Polk Presidency 1845-49

  • Us annexes texas

    Us annexes texas

  • Congress declares war with mexico

    Congress declares war with mexico

  • Salt Lake city is founded by Mormans

    Salt Lake city is founded by Mormans

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed

  • Reinforced concrete invented

  • Zachary Taylor Presidency 1849-1850

    Zachary Taylor Presidency 1849-1850

  • California becomes a state

    California becomes a state

  • Compromise of 1850

  • Millord Filmore presidency 1850-1853

    Millord Filmore presidency 1850-1853

  • First practical sewing machine invented

  • Uncle tom's cabin is written and published

  • Elevator saftey brake invented making skyscrapers possible

  • Kansas Nebraska act

  • Bleeding Kansas

  • Dred Scotts case

    Dred Scotts case

  • James Buchanan presidency 1857-1861

    James Buchanan presidency 1857-1861

  • John Brown Raid on Harper's Ferry

  • Abraham Lincoln Presidency 1861-1865

    Abraham Lincoln Presidency 1861-1865