Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Download timeline of the significant events 1800-1815
Document related concepts
Transcript
TIMELINE OF THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 1800 -1815 1800 The Convention of 1800 between France and the US nullifies the Treaty of 1778 Jefferson elected president. Washington, D.C. becomes the national capital 1801 President Adams appoints "midnight judges" to tighten Federalist control of the courts 1802 The federal government sells its shares in the Bank of the United States The Republican Congress repeals the judiciary Act of 1801 West Point established 1803 The Louisiana Purchase 1803-06 Lewis and Clark Expedition to Pacific 1803 Marbury v. Madison 1805 The Essex decision: Congress retaliates with the Non-Importation Act 1805-06 The Wilkinson-Burr conspiracy 1806-07 England and France issue decrees limiting agricultural trade in Europe 1807 The Chesapeake-Leopard affair Congress prohibits the slave trade with Africa, but illegal importation of black slaves continues Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont makes a round trip between Albany and New York 1808 James Madison elected president 1809 The Nonintercourse Act 1810 Americans in Spanish West Florida "revolt"; the United States claims the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase 1810 Macon's Bill No. 2 1 1811 Southern and western "War Hawks" dominate the House of Representatives American naval ship President attacks English navy's Little Belt. Congress defeats an attempt to recharter the Bank of the United States Battle of Tippecanoe The Federal government begins work on the National Road at Cumberland, Maryland Fulton-Livingston interests awarded an exclusive charter from the Louisiana territorial legislature to operate steamboats on the Mississippi 1812 Astor establishes fur trading post on Pacific in Oregon Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a slave state James Madison re-elected president Congress provides for a 35,000 man regular army, gives Madison the power to call up state militias, and declares war on England 1814 Napoleon defeated in Europe; British troops are transferred to America and move on Washington. The Hartford Convention The Peace of Ghent provides settlement of minor disputes between United States and Britain, leaves major issues of war untouched 1815 Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at New Orleans 2
