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Slater Comes to US
(Black) Samuel Slater came to america in early 1789.By December 1790 Slater had built carding, drawing, and roving machines. In 1790 he built the first successful cotton mill in the United States. -
Inventing of the steamboat.
(Black)Fulton, Robert, One of the Most Obscure of Famous Men in American History. He is best known for designing and building the Clermont, the first successful steamboat. -
Adam-Onis Treaty
(Blue) A treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain. -
Missouri Compromise
(Blue) In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Corrupt Bargain
(Blue) The House elected John Quincy Adams over rival Andrew Jackson. It was widely believed that Clay, the Speaker of the House at the time, convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State. Jackson's supporters denounced this as a "corrupt bargain." -
Erie Canal Opens
(Black) After more than two years of digging, the 425-mile Erie Canal was opened in 1825, by Governor Clinton. As Clinton left Buffalo in the Seneca Chief, an ingenious method of communication was used to inform New York City of the historic occasion. -
John Quincy Adams Inauguration
(Blue) Inauguration of John Quincy Adams. The inauguration of John Quincy Adams as the sixth President of the United States took place on March 4, 1825. Adams was one of America's greatest diplomats, he was also the eldest son of President John Adams, the second U.S. president. -
Andrew Jackson Inauguration
(Blue)The first inauguration of Andrew Jackson as the seventh President of the United States was held on March 4, 1829 at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. He was an American soldier and statesman who gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress. -
Indian removal act
(Blue) The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy. -
Smith Establishes Mormon Church
(Red) Joseph Smith organized the Church of Christ, calling it a restoration of the early Christian church. Members of the church were later called "Latter Day Saints", or "Mormons", -
The Liberator: 1st Edition
Garrison published the first edition of The Liberator. His words, "I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD," clarified the position of the NEW ABOLITIONISTS. Garrison was not interested in compromise. -
Nat Turner: Slave Insurrection
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed from 55 to 65 people, the largest and deadliest slave uprising in U.S. history. -
First Steele Plow
It was used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it. John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837 when the Middle-West was being settled. The soil was different than that of the East and wood plows kept breaking. -
Martin Van Buren Inauguration
The inauguration of Martin Van Buren as the eighth President of the United States took place on Saturday, March 4, 1837, in a ceremony held on the East Portico of the United States Capitol. He was an American statesman, and a founder of the Democratic Party, he served in a number of senior roles, including eighth Vice President and tenth Secretary of State, both under Andrew Jackson. -
First Whig President
William Henry Harrison, a member of the Whig Party, took office as the 9th President of the United States and was the first Whig president. Harrison served in office for less than a year and died in office from pneumonia. He was born in Charles City, VA and received an education from University of Pennsylvania and Hampden-Sydney College. -
Seneca Falls Convention Begins
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". -
“Maine Liquor Law”
The Maine Law (or "Maine Liquor Law"), passed in 1851 in Maine, was one of the first statutory implementations of the developing temperance movement in the United States. -
First Railroad “Union Station”
The Indianapolis Union Station was the first union station in the world, opening on September 20, 1853, by the Indianapolis Union Railway within the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana, at 39 Jackson Place. -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, signaling the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. The transcontinental railroad had long been a dream for people living in the American West. -
(Asheboro) Southern Railroad
The Southern Railway is a name of a class 1 railroad that was based in the Southern United States. The railroad is the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894.
