US History Timeline

  • War of 1812

    War of 1812
    no specific date was given just the year. Canada and the United States had their own disagreements and Tensions were particularly high when the United States tried to invade Canada during the war of 1812
  • Congress passes Tariff

    Congress passes Tariff
    no specific date was given just the year.The Tariff of 1816 is notable as the first tariff passed by Congress with an explicit function of protecting U.S. manufactured items from overseas competition.
  • Negro Fort on the Apalachicola River is destroyed by American Forces

    Negro Fort on the Apalachicola River is destroyed by American Forces
    no specific date was given just the year. The Battle of Negro Fort was a short military siege in 1816 in which forces of the United States assaulted and managed to blow up an African-American fortified stronghold in the frontier of northern Spanish Florida.
  • Recapturing the enslaved

    Recapturing the enslaved
    no specific date was given just the year. The U.S Government sent Andrew Jackson to recapture those who had escaped slavery.
  • McCulloch v. Maryland

    McCulloch v. Maryland
    no specific date was given just the year. Maryland strengthens federal government and it was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • Adam Onis Treaty

    Adam Onis Treaty
    no specific date was given just the year. The Adam Onis treaty was signed ceding Florida to the United States
  • The Courts Decision

    The Courts Decision
    no specific date was given just the year. The courts decision written by Marshall, strengthened the power of the federal government. It ruled that states had no power to interfere with federal institutions.
  • Spain and Mexico

    Spain and Mexico
    no specific date was given just the year. Another revolution broke out between Mexico and Spain. This time Spain was unable to end the fighting
  • Voting

    Voting
    no specific date just the year. New York gives free Blacks the right to vote.
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    no specific date was given just the year. In December of 1823, the President stated what is known as the Monroe Doctrine. The United States would not allow European nations to create American Colonies.
  • Worried Nations

    Worried Nations
    no specific date was given just the year. Both nations wanted to protect and trade, but Britain suggested that they issued a joint statement. The statement would announce their determination to protect the freedom of the new nations
  • Jefferson dies

    Jefferson dies
    July 4. Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is eighty-three years old.
  • Slavery

    Slavery
    no specific date was given just the year. Slavery became illegal in New York.
  • Andrew Jackson is elected President

    Andrew Jackson is elected President
    no specific date was given just the year. Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States in 1828.
  • Served two terms

    Served two terms
    no specific date was given just the year. Andrew Jackson served two terms while he was the President through 1829 - 1837. His presidency marked the opening of a new more democratic era.
  • Prohibits the Education of Slaves

    Prohibits the Education of Slaves
    no specific date was given just the year. Georgia prohibits the Education of Slaves.
  • Panic of 1837 brings an economic collapse

    Panic of 1837 brings an economic collapse
    no specific date was given just the year. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up.
  • Zachary Taylor defeats Seminole forces on the shores of Lake Okeechobee

    Zachary Taylor defeats Seminole forces on the shores of Lake Okeechobee
    no specific date was given just the year. The Seminole War, is regarded as "the longest and most costly of the Indian conflicts of the United States."[12]
  • World Wide Depression

    World Wide Depression
    no specifc date was given just the year. Depression begins with the "Panic of 1837".
  • Cherokees are forced to move to Oklahoma along Trail of Tears

    Cherokees are forced to move to Oklahoma along Trail of Tears
    no specific date was given just the year.The forced relocations were carried out by various government authorities