United States History: 1800-1876

By tawneycraig

  • Gabriel Prosser organizes Slave Revolt

    Gabriel Prosser organizes a slave revolt in Virginia. His plan is uncovered, and he is executed. Slave laws were tightened as a result.

  • US Capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

  • Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third president of the US

  • Louisiana Purchase

    United States pays France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory and nearly doubles size of US

  • Jefferson Inauguration for Second Term

  • James Madison is inaugurated as fourth US president

  • The War of 1812 begins

    US declares war against the British over British interference is American shipping

  • British Capture Washington DC

    The British capture Washington DC and set fire to the white house

  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the war of 1812

  • James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth US president

  • Spain agrees to cede Florida to the US

  • Missouri Compromise

    Measures passed by congress to maintain balance of slave and free states as states are added to the union.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    President Monroe announces that the american continent is off limits to further European settlement

  • John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth US president

  • Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as the seventh US president

  • The Indian Removal Act

    President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act that authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans to lands west of the mississippi

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    Nat Turner leads the most significant slave uprising in American history. Virginia slave laws tighten as a result.

  • Texas declares Independence from Mexico

  • Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as the eighth US president

  • John Tyler becomes President

    one month after the inauguration of President Harrison he passed away, John Tyler succeeds him.

  • William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the ninth president of the US

  • US annexes Texas

  • James Polk is inaugurated as the 11th president of the United States

  • United States declares war on Mexico

    US declares war on mexico in an effort to gain California territory

  • U.S. acquires Oregon territory

  • Gold is discovered in California

    The gold rush begins and reaches its height the following year

  • Women's Rights Convention is held in Seneca Falls, NY

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the war with Mexico

  • Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as the 12th president of the US

  • Compromise of 1850

    set of bills passed by congress to attempt to settle the issue of slavery

  • Civil War Begins

  • Ulysses S. Grant is inaugurated as the 13th president of the US

  • The Battle of Little Bighorn