Toward a Democracy

Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

Dec 17, 1793

Steamboat Invented by Fulton

Dec 10, 1807

2nd National Bank/Tariff of 1816

Dec 10, 1816

Monroe's Presidency/Era of Good Feelings

Period: Dec 10, 1816 to Dec 10, 1824

Only one political party-Republicans!

Rush-Bagot Treaty

Dec 10, 1817

No warships on Great Lakes.

Convention of 1818

Dec 10, 1818

Set the Canadian border.

Dartmouth v. Woodward

Dec 10, 1819

Contract rights and property are to be respected.

Adams-Onis Treaty

Dec 10, 1819

Spain gave us Florida.

McCulloch v. Maryland

Dec 10, 1819

Federal gov't has implied powers; and more power than states.

Missouri Compromise-Maine and Missouri Enter Union

Dec 17, 1820

Monroe Doctrine

Dec 10, 1821

Monroe tells Europeans to mind their own business.

Gibbons v. Ogden

Dec 10, 1824

Only national government can make interstate commerce laws.

"Corrupt Bargain"-JQA Wins Presidency

Dec 17, 1824

Erie Canal Completed

Dec 10, 1825