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Election of 1800
Jefferson became president, and his vice president was Aaron Burr. This election is important because we switched parties. -
Treaty of Cession
Jefferson wanted detailed information on the new land from the Louisiana purchase, so he sends to men to explore. These men are named Lewis and Clark, they took two years to explore the territory -
Hamilton and Burr's Duel
on July 11, 1804 Burr and Hamilton men on a dueling ground in New Jersey. Burr walked away alive, while Hamilton laid dead on the soil. -
First Road
The FIrst National Road is created in 1806. -
Election of 1808
James Madison won the election, his vice president was Charles Pinckney. -
Expired Bank
The first Bank of the United States charter expired in 1811 -
War begins
in 1812 Madison pressured the congress to declare join Britain in war. -
Detroit
We surrendered Detroit without one shot -
Battle of Lake Erie
The Battle of Lake Erie took place in September 1813 -
Battle of Thames
In the Battle of Thames we took back Detroit. -
War is Won
Britain defeats Napolean, but a few days later Britain raids Chesapeake Bay. -
British Bombards
The British bombards Fort McHenry for 24 hours. -
Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Ghent was a peace treaty to end the war -
British Attacks
British attacked New Orleans, but we succeeded. This officially the second war we won against the British. -
Second Bank
The war of 1812 demonstrated the need for a national bank. In 1816, we established the second Bank of the United States, which was located in Philadelphia -
Tariff of 1816
The Tariff of 1816 was when British goods flooded into the market after the war. It was authorized for 3 years and then became permanent in 1820. -
Rush-Bagot Pact
The Rush-Bagot Pact eliminated the British fleets from the Great Lakes. -
Convention of 1818
The Convention of 1818 set the boundary between the US and the British North America at 49th Parallel. -
Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was out first major depression, which was caused by poor banking policies. There was an abrupt drop in world agriculture prices, the farmers could not pay their depts -
Maine
Maine became a free state in 1820 -
Joseph Smith and Mormonism
Mormonism began in 1820, when Joseph Smith had is first "vision" -
Missouri
Missouri became a slave state in 1821 -
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams becomes President in 1824, his Vice President was John C Calhoun -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson became President in 1828, his Vice President was John C Calhoun. -
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail was created in the 1830s. -
Force Bill
The Force Bill allows the President to send troops to enforce the laws. -
Election of 1836
Martin Van Buren became President in 1836, his Vice President was Richard Johnson. -
John Deere
John Deere created the first steel plow, which changes the farm work forever. -
Panic of 1837
During Jackson's presidency he shut down the second Bank of the United States, which brings us to the Panic of 1837. Martin Van Buren inherited Jackson's financial polices, which is the Federal government should exercise limited power. They also believed that they government should not have the responsibilities to rescue those unemployed or hard pressed farmers. -
Perfectionists Community
In 1839, John Humbrey Noyes established a perfectionists community in Putney, Vermount. -
Election of 1840
The Whig party expected to win, which they did, they nominated William Henry Harrison, with his running mate being John Tyler. -
Brook Farm
Brook Farm was the most important transcendentalist communal experiment, but it did not last long because in 1846 there was a fire on the farm. There was not enough money to rebuild so they disbanded and sold the farm. -
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad, which was a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the north or to Canada, was established on the 1850s. -
Slave States
Back in the early 1800s, there was 8 slave states, but in 1850 there was 15 slave states.