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George Washington
George Washington was an American political leader, military general, he led the Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He was the Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. -
John Adams
John Adams Jr. was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. -
The Lousiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase happened because our President knew that Louisiana would make our country double in size and would make the U.S stronger. They say that France had failed to put down a slave revolution in Haiti, the impending war with Great Britian. -
The Lewis And Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition. It was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired portion of land, Louisiana. Lewis and Clark were sent by President Thomas Jefferson to search for new wildlife and to see if any Indians were in Lousiana -
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The Transportation Revolution
America's economic transformation in the early 1800s was linked to big changes in transportation. The construction of roads, canals, and railroads led to the building of markets, the movement of people's homes, and altered the physical landscape. Out of all the advancements of the Transportation Revolution, the construction of railroads was the most importent. -
James Madison
James Madison Jr. was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. -
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Battle of The Thames
Tecumseh had wanted to form a confederacy of American Indian tribes to stop Anglo-Americans from taking over American Indian land, which caused the war to start. But when Tecumseh's death came, it had ended Tecumseh's Confederacy. -
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The Trail of Tears
The British forced Native Americans to relocate in 1812, 100,000 Native Americans were forced on a trail that led them to the relocation camps. Many died on the way by, disease, common cold, flu, starvation, etc. -
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War Of 1812
The War of 1812 was a battle fought between the United States and its allies, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its colonies in North America and Native American allies. The war was fought over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent. -
James Monroe
James Monroe was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. -
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army -
Indian Removal Act
The United States government made an act that told Native Americans to be removed from any property and put into relocation camps so then the American people will have land to live on. They were forced to walk through mountains, woods, and creeks with barely any food or water. most of them starved to death. -
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The Pioneers
The pioneers were the first people to settle in North America. Many of the pioneers were farmers. Others moved, wanting to establish a business. There were doctors, blacksmiths, ministers, shop owners, lawyers, veterinarians, and many others. -
Battle Of The Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was an event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing most of the Texians and Tejanos. The victory ensured the success of Texan independence, Santa Anna who had been taken prisoner, came to terms with Houston to end the war. -
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841, and was a founder of the Democratic Party -
President John Tyler
John Tyler served as the tenth vice president in 1841. He then was elected vice president with President William Henry Harrison. President John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States from 1841 to 1845 -
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States for 31 days in 1841, becoming the first president to die in office -
President James Polk
James Knox Polk previously was a Speaker of the House of Representatives and Governor of Tennessee. He was the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. -
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Mexican American War
It started from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River. Mexico was racked by financial instability as the war began in 1846. America blocked Mexican ports. Mexico couldn't import and export goods, or levy taxes on imports which caused them to suffer and not win the war. -
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The Californa Gold Rush
In California, a man came across a gold nugget in a river after cleaning his clothes. He started spreading the word that there was gold in the area and everyone from everywhere was coming into California in search of gold, but searching for gold came with a price. A lot of people were searching in mines but sometimes the mines would collapse, about 100,000 people died within 20 years. -
President Zachary Tayler
Zachary Taylor was an American military leader and politician. He was the 12th president of the United States from 1849 to 1850 -
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat -
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as secretary of state and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He served as the 15th president of the United States. -
Pony Express
The Pony Express was a mail service delivering messages, newspapers, and mail using horses. The people riding the horses had to go throughout the United States of America. The Pony Express was shut down on October 26, 1861, due to a new way of transporting mail. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis. -
The Civil War
The American Civil War was fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had separated, to form the Confederate States of America. The cause of the war was that the South wanted slavery while the North wanted slavery to end in the United States