United States History 1800 - 1876 Timeline

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    United States History 8600-1876 Timeline

  • Library of Congress founded

  • President Adams first president to live in the White House

    This was known as the Executive Mansion

  • John Marshal appointed Chief Justice

  • Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd president

  • Tripoli declares war against the U.S.

  • First Lady Martha Washington died

  • Ohio becomes the 17th state

  • Louisiana Purchase

  • Lewis and Clark ordered to map the Northwest United States

  • Thomas Jefferson re-elected

  • Michigan Territory is established

  • First federal highway commissioned

  • Lewis and Clark expedition ends

    Essential to the journey is Sacagawea

  • Robert E. Lee born

  • Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested for treason

  • Importation of slaves into any port probibited

  • Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason

  • James Madison is elected as 4th president

  • Andrew Johnson born

    17th president

  • Illinois Territory created

  • Abraham Lincoln born

    16th president

  • Supreme Court ruling

    Power of the Federal Government is greater than the power of any individual state

  • James Madison inaugurated

  • President Madison signs declaration of war against Great Britain

  • President Madison elected to a second term

  • The Battle of York

    American troops raid and destroy but do not occupy the city

  • American navy wins battle of Lake Erie

  • White House is burned by British forces

  • Star Spangled Banner written

    Francis Scott Key during the 25 hour bombardment of Fort McHenry

  • End of the War of 1812

  • First American Rairoad charter is granted

  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton born

    American women's rights activist

  • Indiana admitted as 19th state

  • James Monroe inaugurated as president

  • Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state

  • United States flag is officially adopted by congress

    13 red and white stripe and one star for each state

  • Illinois is admitted

    21st state

  • Territory of Florida is given to the U.S.

  • The Missouri Compromise passes

    Legislation allows slavery in the Missouri territory, but not in any other location west of the Mississippi River

  • James Monroe elected to 2nd term

  • First pharmacy college and first women's college founded

  • Missouri add as state

  • First freed slaves form a settlement at Providence Island

  • Ulysses S. Grant is born

    Civil War general and 18th president

  • Stephen Long ordered to do expedition

    Creating the border between the U.S. and Canada

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs established

  • John Quincy Adams elected president

  • Internal combustion engine patented

    Samuel Morey

  • Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die

  • First group of Texas settlers try to secede from Mexico

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is Incorporated

    First railroad to offer transportation for people and goods.

  • The treaty of limits with Mexico goes into effect

  • Andrew Jackson inaugurated as president

  • Smithsonian Institution is founded

  • Typographer is patented

    William Austin Burt called it the typographer

  • Congress approved the Indian Removal Act

    Relocation of Indian tribes from east of the Mississippi River

  • Emily Dickinson is born

    American poet

  • First bank robbery

  • The Black Hawk War begins

    Rage from Illinois to Wisconsin

  • Trail of Tears begins

  • President Jackson re-elected

  • Stephen F. Austin imprisoned

    The Father of Texas

  • Attempted assassination against President Jackson

    The was the first attempt on a presidents life.

  • Battle of Gonzales

    First battle of the Revolution of Texas

  • Fire in New York City

    Destroys 530 buildings

  • The Cherokee tribe forced to move

    Tribe forced to move after gold is found on their lands

  • Samuel Colt awarded revolver for the first revolver

  • Texas declares independence from Mexico

  • The battle of the Alamo

    2-23-1836 to 03-06-1836 was waged in San Antonio, Texas when 3,00 Mexican troops attacked 189 defenders.

  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Sam Houston leads the Texas army to victory.

  • Thomas Davenport awarded patent

    First electronic printing press

  • Martin Van Buren inaugurated as president

  • Samuel Morse creates the telegraph and developed the Morse Code system

    Patented two years later in 1840

  • Jackson, Mississippi passes law

    Women allowed to own property

  • President William Henry Harrison sworn in

  • President Harrison dies of pnemonia

  • John Tyler sworn in after President Harrison dies

  • First wagon train heads west

  • The Congress of Texas votes for annexation to the U.S.

    Texas becomes the 28th state on 12-25-1845

  • Republic of California declares independence form Mexico

  • Elias Howe invents the sewing machine

  • American troops take Vera Cruz, Mexico

  • Battle of Mexico City is fought

  • Gold was discovered in California

  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican War

    Mexico relinquished rights to Texas, California and New Mexico

  • Zachary Taylor elected president

  • First woman doctor

    Elizabeth Blackwell

  • Millard Fillamore is sworn in as president

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published

  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act becomes law

    Allows the issue of slavery to be decided by a vote of settlers

  • Booker T. Washington born

    Born into slavery, becomes one of the foremost black leaders and educators in the 20th century

  • Lawrence, Kansas slavery battles

    lasted for 4 days

  • Dred Scott decision

    Ruling states that a slave does not become free when transported to a free state. Also ruled that blacks were not eligible to be citizens.

  • Troops are sent to Kansas because of the slavery issue

    "Bleeding Kansas" causes troops to be sent to kansas

  • John Brown hung for treason

    In Virginia due to his role in the Harper's Ferry armory raid and trying to lead a revolt of slaves

  • Pony Express begins

  • Abraham Lincoln wins presidency

  • South Carolina secedes from the Union

  • President Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers

    To fight the seceding states over slavery

  • President Lincoln sworn in

  • Convention to form Confederated States of America opens

    Jefferson Davis as president

  • Battle of Shiloh

    General Grant defeats the Confederates

  • The Homestead Act is approved

    Granting families 160 acres

  • Antietam victory for Union

  • President Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

  • Battle of Fredericksburg

    One-sided by defeat by General Robert E Lee

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    One of the most revered battles fought on American soils

  • President Lincoln's famous speech

    "Four score and seven years ago"

  • General Robert E. Lee surrenders

  • Abraham Lincoln assassinated

    In Ford's Theatre, by John Wilkes Boothe

  • 13th Amendment takes effect

    Abolishing slavery

  • The Civil Rights Act

    First federal law protecting the rights of African Americans

  • U.S. bought Alaska for $7.2 million

  • Thomas Edison applies for first patent

    Electric vote recorder

  • Ulysses S. Grant is elected president

  • Final golden spike is driven to the ground

    Marking the junction of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads

  • Black Americans given the right to vote

  • Last former state of the Confederacy readmitted to the Union

    Georgia

  • The National Weather Service makes its first forecast

  • Great Fire of Chicago starts

  • First national park is established

    Yellowstone National Park

  • Susan B Anthony illegal casts a ballot

  • First successful train robbery

    Jesse James and James-Younger gang

  • Economic Depression starts

  • First zoo opens

    Fairmount Park, Philadelphia