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Establishment of judicial review. -
The United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Jefferson voted to be president for a second term. -
The British warship HMS Leopard boarded the American USS Chesapeake, which surrendered after firing only one shot. -
Jefferson administration outlawed the importation of enslaved Africans into the U.S. -
War between young United States and Great Britain. -
U.S. soldiers at Baltimore's Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars” inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem. -
Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims to the Northwest Territory, and both countries pledged to work toward ending the slave trade -
Battle between British troops led by General Edward Pakenham and American forces led by General Andrew Jackson. -
Battle fought in the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.