Events
Northwest OrdinanceShays RebellionConstitutional ConventionConstitution implementedBill of Rights passedJay's TreatyPinckney's TreatyFrench Revolution startsAlien and Sedition ActsJudiciary Act of 1801Cotton Gin inventedMarbury v. MadisonLouisiana PurchaseBurr ConspiracyChesapeake-Leopard IncidentEmbargo ActNon-Intercourse ActBattle of TippecanoeBattle of New OrleansBurning of WashingtonTreaty of GhentHartford ConventionPanic of 1819Second National BankAdams-Onís TreatyMissouri Compromise,
Thomas AmendmentCohens v. VirginiaMcCulloch v. MarylandGibbons v. OgdenMonroe DoctrineCorrupt BargainJohnson v. McIntoshWorcester v. Georgia"Tariff of Abominations"Bucktails challenge Clinton"Spoils System"Webster-Hayne DebateBlack Hawk WarRemoval ActTrail of TearsJackson vetoes Bank recharterTaney CourtMarshall CourtCharles River Bridge v.
Warren BridgeDistribution Act,
"specie circular"Panic of 1837Independent TreasuryCaroline Affair beginsWebster-Ashburton TreatyAroostook WarTreaty of Wang HyaOlive Branch PetitionDeclaration of IndependenceJamestownGlorious RevolutionAlbany Plan rejectedWilliam Pitt named State Sec.Grenville named PMProclamation of 1763Quartering Act, Stamp ActSugar Act, Currency ActVirginia ResolvesMarquis of Rockingham
repeals Stamp Act,
Parliament passes Declaratory ActLord North appointed,
repeals Townshend duties
except Tea ActBoston MassacreBritish EI Co. monopolizes marketBoston Tea PartyCoercive/Intolerable ActsFirst Continental CongressConciliatory ActsLexington and ConcordSecond Continental CongressPrinceton University foundedPilgrims arrive in PlymouthJohn Rolfe cultivates tobaccoSt. Mary's settled by CalvertsMaryland Toleration ActBacon's RebellionHartford founded by Thomas HookerNew Haven settledProvidence settled by Roger WilliamsCharleston settled
by Anthony Ashley CooperNew Amsterdam capturedPhiladelphia foundedNavigation ActsEnglish RestorationXYZ AffairFirst National BankContinental System implementedWilliam Henry Harrison appointed to NWClay, HOR agitate for warFactor SystemDorr RebellionForce bill, compromise billBiddle RecessionEerie Canal completedNative American Party foundedWhig Party foundedCommonwealth v. HuntCentral Park builtMoby Dick publishedTom Sawyer publishedPhrenology Almanac publishedHudson School startedNature publishedBrook Farm startedWalden publishedOneida Community foundedBook of Mormon publishedSalt Lake City foundedAmerican Temperance Society foundedOliver Wendell Holmes discovers contagionSeneca Falls ConventionEnd of slave tradeLiberia foundedLiberator first issuedAmerican Anti-Slavery Society foundedNorth Star first issuedPrigg v. PennsylvaniaLiberty Party foundedUncle Tom's Cabin publishedManifest Destiny coinedTexas admitted to UnionCompromise of 1850Fugitive Slave ActGadsden PurchaseKansas-Nebraska ActDred Scott v. Sandford1858 midtermsKansas admitted to UnionBritain concedes OregonFree Soil party foundedGold Rush beginsTaylor diesOstend Manifesto leakedTreaty to annex Hawaii failsRepublican party foundedBleeding KansasSumner and Brooks affair1856 depressionLecompton constitution finally rejectedJohn Brown's raidNew England Aid Co.Sack of LawrenceMorrill TariffNashville ConventionSouth Carolina secedesMI, FL, TX, AL, GA, LA secede,
Confederacy formsCrittenden Compromise failsFort Sumter surrendersAK, VA, NC, TN secede
MD, MO, DE, KY remainHomestead ActMorrill Land Grant ActNational Bank ActsFirst income tax,
greenbacks issuedUnion draftLincoln suspends habeas corpusConfiscation ActsEmancipation ProclamationThirteenth Amendment
ratifiedNational Women's
Loyal League formedDavis and
Stephens electedConscription ActUnion blockade
beginsCommittee on the
Conduct of War establishedRobert E. Lee
selectedWilliam Seward
Sec. of StateTrent Affair1st Bull RunWilson's CreekSt. Louis fallsGrant captures Ft. Henry, DonelsonShilohStone's RiverJackson defeats McDowell (VA)Seven Pines
Seven Days2nd Bull RunAntietamChancellorsvilleVicksburg,
Port HudsonGettysburgChattanoogaSherman takes
AtlantaNashvilleSavannahPetersburg fallsLee surrenders at
AppomattoxJohnston surrenders
at DurhamEvacuation Sunday,
Richmond fallsNatl. Bank Act of 1863Judiciary Act of 1801 repealedFreedmen's Bureau, Bank createdWade-Davis bill vetoedLincoln assassinatedPeriods
Articles of the ConfederationWashington Administration (Federalist)Adams Administration (Federalist)Quasi-War with FranceJefferson Administration (Dem-Rep)Second Great Awakening Core, Cultural nationalismMadison Administration (Dem-Rep)War of 1812Monroe Administration (Dem-Rep)Quincy Adams Administration (Nat-Rep)Jackson Administration (Democrat)Nullification CrisisVan Buren Administration (Democrat)Harrison/Tyler Administration (Whig)New England PhaseMid-Atlantic PhaseSouthern PhaseFrench and Indian WarTownshend ActsFirst Great AwakeningPequot WarKing Philip's WarEnglish Civil WarDominion of New EnglandPolk Administration (Democrat)Taylor/Fillmore Administration (Whig)Pierce Administration (Democrat)Buchanan Administration (Democrat)Lincoln Administration (Republican)Mexican-American WarCivil WarPeninsular CampaignWilderness CampaignMarch to the SeaJohnson Administration (Democrat)Grant Administration (Republican)
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