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Shaker movement founded in Manchester, England
Ann Lee brought eight followers to America in 1774 in search of religious freedom. They established their first permanent settlement near Albany, New York. -
Industrial Revolution starts in Britain
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes. -
Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. -
Thomas Paine publishes The Age of Reason
The Age of Reason is a pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, that challenges institutionalized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible, the central text of Christianity. -
University of North Carolina founded
The University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the US and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century. -
Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. -
Jefferson founds University of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson was the first and only President of the United States to found an institution of higher learning. -
John Q. Adams President
Adams served as the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829. -
Jackson elected President
Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830 by Jackson to negotiate land exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi. -
Bank War
• The Bank War was caused because Jackson believed the bank had too much power and was too rich. He vetoed the second bank charter and withdrew government money from the US Banks and put it into "pet banks." -
South Carolina nullifaication crisis
This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. -
Anti-Catholic riot in Boston
The Ursuline Convent Riots were riots in Charlestown, Massachusetts. During the riot, a convent of Roman Catholic Ursuline nuns was burned down by a Protestant mob. -
John Deere develops steel plow
He designed the first cast steel plow that greatly assisted the Great Plains farmers. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the journey of the Cherokee people from their home land to Indian Territory between 1838 and 1839, thousands of Cherokees died. -
Poe publishes "The Raven"
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. -
Potato famine in Ireland
The Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration also the potato crop failed. -
Pony Express established
The Pony Express consisted of relays of men riding horses carrying saddlebags of mail across a 2000-mile trail.