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John Adams
John Admas is elected second president of the U.S -
Inaugrated
Adams is inaugurated as President also Jefferson is inaugurated as vice President of the United states and begins gathering information on rules of parliamentry practice. -
Congress
Congress passes which are known as the Alien and Sedition Act. These acts are passed in the middle of a quasi war with France. -
Jefferson Leaves for Philadelphia
Jefferson leaves Philadelphia for Monticello, arriving there on the 8th. Throughout the coming year he devots himself to Monticello's development. On his way to Philadelphia in November, he visits the new federal city, Washington, D.C., which he plays a key role in designing. -
George Washington Dies
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Battery
Count Alessandro Volta invents the battery -
Capital Moved
The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington -
Electors Meet
December 3 Electors meet in their sates and cast votes for the next president of the United States. A tie vote between Jefferson and Aaron Burr does not become known till the end of the month. -
Voting Opened
February 11. The electors’ votes for presidents are officially opened and counted in Congress, which already knows that the vote is tied between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. -
Elected
On February 17, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson is elected president and Aaron Burr becomes vice president. -
Funds
Louisiana Purchase January 18. Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi river and beyond in search of a route to the pacific. -
Treaty
Robert Livingston ambassador to France and James Madison, special envoy, conclude a treaty of cession in Paris. -
Up the Missouri River.
The expedition led Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River. -
Alexander Hamilton Dies
Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. -
Re-elected
Jefferson is re-elected President. He receives the vote of all state electors except for those of Connecticut, Delaware, and two from Maryland. George Clinton is his Vice President -
Lewis and Clark
Explorers Lewis and Clark and the "Corps of Discovery" begin several thosuand mile track nack to St. Louis, Missouri from their winter camp near the Pacific Ocean. -
Nomination
Jefferson nominates James Monroe and William Panicky as joint commissioners to Great Britain. British warships have been boarding and searching American ships and seizing. -
Explore West
The U.S. army have an expedition begening at Fort Belle Fountaine near St. Louis begins to explore the West. -
Sacagawea
The Lewis and Clark expediton to map the northwest United States ended. Benifits of the expedition Sacagawea, their female indian guide -
Importation of Slaves
Congress passes an act taht prohibits the importation of slaves into any ports withn the United States -
Importation Outlawed
The impotation of slaves was outlawed but beetween 1808-1860 more than 2,000 slaves were imported illegaly. -
Industrial Coal
Coal is first burned, in an experiment, as fuel. -
James Madison
James Madison is elected as the 4th President of the United States. -
Illinois Territory
The Illinois territory is created -
Supreme Courts
The supreme court of the United States rules that the power of the Fedral Government has more power than any individual state government. -
Lamp
Humphry Davy invents the first electric lamp. Makes home life easier for people with the money to buy one. -
Black Baptist
First black Baptist church is founded in Philadelphia -
Construction
Construction of the National Road begins at Cumberland, MD -
War
War of 1812 begins as U.S. declares war on Great Britain over issues of borders and trades. Indians under Tecumseh faught on British side. -
Photograph
Joseph Nicephore Niepece was the first person to take a photograph. He took the picture by setting up a machine called the camera obscura in teh window of his home in France. It took eight hours for the camera to take a picture which is why normally no one was smilling in the later yeaers pictures. -
Locomotive/Train
George Stephenson designs the first steam locomotive. Eventually makes travel over long distances much easier. Also alows large amounts of goods to be transported across land easier. -
Humphry Davy Invents the Miner's Lamp
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America Getting Involved
America got involved in the industrial revolution because they need more jobs for people becasue so many people were coming in from imagration. -
Missouri Compromise
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Maine Becomes a State
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Missouri Became a State
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Balloon
Michael Faraday invents the frist toy balloon. -
Electromagnet
William Sturgeon Invented the electromagnet. -
Erie Canal is Finished
The Erie Canal was completed helping western expansion and New York becoming a major port -
Typewriter
American, W.A. Burt Invents a typewriter. Alows papers and books to be written more efficiently. -
Removal Act
In the area that laied on the eastern side of the Mississippi there were many native americans. The 1830, Indian Removal Act was passed so that the U.S. President could force Native American people to move from their land. -
Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was the process of relocating several Native American tribes from their homes. It was a very difficult journey for them and many died becasue of the journey with bad treatment or of different diseases -
McCormick Reaper
American, Cyrus McCormik invents the first commercially succesful reaper. Which reduces the amount labbor needed to harvest crops whoch made production increase -
Corn Planter
Henry Blair a corn planter, he is the second black person to recive a U.S. patent. Makes it far easier to plant one of the main crop of the midwest and northwest corn. -
Photography
Englsihmen, Henry Talbot invents calotype photography. -
Wrench
Solymon Merrick patents the wrench. -
Texas Rebellion
For many years there has been struggles between Mexicans and Americans in the Texas Region. This finnally erupted into a battle called the Texas Rebbellion. -
Economic Panic
Because of the economic panic, five yearsa of depresion hit the U.S. -
William Henry Becomes President
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Oregon Trail Opens
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Treaty of Wanghia
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After the Texas Rebellion
After the Texas Rebellion United States add Texas to their lands as a new state -
Oregon
The British and the American people had several disagreements over who should have Oregon Contry. Eventually they signed the Oregon Treatyy that defined which areas of the land would officialy belong to each party. -
Mexicans Attack
News of the Mexicans attacking the American troops &killing some reaches Washington. War's declared -
Elias Howe Invents the Sewing Machine
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War Mexican and Americans
With war still continuing beetween, the former's government offered the Mexican Cession and gave a part of their land to the United States in an attempt to make peace. -
Wisconsin Becomes a State
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Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California.
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California Gold Rush
With americans settlers newly transplanted in California, a wave of gold fever hit when a man called John Sutter accidently discovered nuggets of gold on his land. -
California
After Mexico officially gave up California became the newest state for the U.S. -
Commodore Matthew Perry opens Japan to US trade.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
