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The US capital relocated to Washington, DC
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The US purchased land from France that doubled the size of the United States
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US declares war against Great Britain due conflicts with shipping and the US westward expansion
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Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner during a British attack
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The Missouri Compromise: Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state. Slavery was limited in the Louisiana Purchase
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President Monroe declared the western lands to be for US expansion and not for European colonization
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President Jackson ordered the removal of Native Americans through the Indian Removal Act. This eventually resulted in the Trail of Tears
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War with Mexico over expansion. Ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.The Rio Grande recognized as Texas border and Mexico gave land including Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president and South Carolina seceded
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Began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. The war against the north and south continued until 1865
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