Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1800-1830s Era

 

Date

Presidential Election

Beyond America

Foreign Policy and Wars

Government Institutions

US Land Expansion

US Financial Development

Political Party Development

1794

 

 

Slave revolt - Haiti

 

 

 

 

1800

Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr

Anti-slavery Trends

Revolutionary trends

 

New capital

 

“Republican simplicity”  but continues institutions

 

1801-011801-03

 

 

 

Marshall Court began

 

 

Realities

Jefferson inaugural

Barbary pirates (More)

 

“Midnight appointments”

 

 

Realities

1802-1803

 

 

 

West Point est.

Ohio, a state (free)

 

 

 

 

 

Marbury v. Madison

Louisiana Purchase 4

 

Realities

1804

Thomas Jefferson

 

 

12th Amendment ratified

Lewis & Clark expedition

 

 

1805

 

Battle of Trafalgar

 

 

Pike expedition started

 

 

 

Fr. and Br.

 

State suffrage changes

 

 

► Realities

1807

 

 

Br. impressment

 

 

National Road project

► Realities

1807-12

 

 

Embargo solution

 

 

 

► Division

1808

James Madison

 

 

Jan: Slave trade ended

 

 

 

1809-03

 

 

Non-intercourse solution

 

 

Manufacturing up

► Division

1810-05

 

 

Favored-party solution

 

Western Florida, annex

 

 

1812

James Madison

 

 

 

Louisiana, a state (slave)

 

 

1813

 

 

US burned capital

 

 

 

 

1814

 

 

Br. burned capital; peace4

 

 

 

 

1815-01

 

 

Victory post-war

Hartford secession

 

 

 

1816

James Monroe - Era of Good Feeling

 

 

 

Indiana, a state (free)

2nd national bank

 

 

Florida events;  treaty

 

Mississippi, a state (slave)

 

 

1817-1819

 

 

with Spain  -Secretary

 

Illinois, a state (free)

 

 

 

 

 

of State J. Q. Adams

 

Alabama, a state (slave)

Panic of 1819 started

 

1820

James Monroe

 

 

 

Maine, a state (free)

Lowell Mills

► Division

1821

 

 

 

 

Missouri, a state (slave)

 

 

1823

 

 

Monroe Doctrine

 

 

 

 

1824

John Quincy Adams John C. Calhoun

 

 

State suffrage changes

 

 

►”corrupt bargain” charge

1825-28

 

 

Revolutionary policies

 

 

Tariff policies

► New PartiesDivisions

1828

Andrew Jackson

John C. Calhoun

 

 

 

 

 

South Carolina-Calhoun

Spoils system

1829

Jackson Inauguration

 

 

“Kitchen Cabinet”

Indian policy

 

 

1830

 

 

 

Nullification debate

Veto, internal improvements

 

 

1832-07

 

 

 

Jackson/Calhoun split

 

National Bank struggle

Realities

1832

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren

 

 

Oct: Nullification crisis began (Ended 1833)

 

Tariff surplus1

 

1833

 

 

 

Taney  Court began

Land sales surplus 

Funds to “pet” banks

 

1836

 

End-British investment

 

 

Arkansas, a state (slave)

Surplus to states

 

 

 

Republic of Texas est.2

 

 

Gold for land sales

 

 

1836

Martin Van Buren

 

 

 

 

 

► New party

1837

 

Canadian revolution

 

 

Michigan, a state (free)

Panic of 1837

 

1840

William Henry Harrison; John Tyler

 

 

 

 

 

Log cabin/ penny press

1The items in the table (such as this one) that are in gray font are ones that are part of separate topic, not in Unit 2.

21836-03 Alamo falls; 1836-04 Battle of San Jacinto; 1837-08 Texas petition to the US for annexation made and rejected

If You Want to Know More: Looking at the Events of the Barbary Wars or the War with Tripoli (1801-1805) Together

These events are included only to show some of the diversity of Jefferson in use of power and his construction of the Constitution. (Sources: Morris[1], p. 149; “Barbary Wars” by William Earl Weeks, in Oxford[2], p. 63)

 

Date

Event¾Quick Reference Information (Partly in Sentence Fragments)

1787

Continental Congress made treaty paying tribute to Barbary states (Br. doing as well)

1801-05

Tripoli declared war on US.

Jefferson sent ships.

1803

Tripoli seized USS Philadelphia and converted it to the pirates’ own use, taking 300 hostages in the process.

Stephen Decatur burned the Philadelphia to keep the pirates from using it.

1804

Lieutenant William Eaton, with a force of 7 marines, 400 mercenaries, won at Tripoli. US paid $60K. Treaty for no more piracy—and got hostages back.

1816

Decatur had to go back—shelled Algeria, thus ending another wave of piracy.

 

Brief Explanation of the Columns

The events of the 1800-1830s Era (and the 11 years that preceded it as well) can be looked at chronologically, but they are easiest understood if looked at chronologically and within the categories shown:

§  Date—Year(s) or year-month. (FYI: Unless specified, you are not expected to memorize dates, but sequence of events, especially about cause and effect.)

§  Presidential Election—who was elected President and (if applicable to future events) Vice President

§  Beyond America— what was occurring in France that had consequences on Britain, on Europe, and thus on the United States and (primarily after 1816) what was occurring in the world beyond the US

§  Foreign Policy and Wars—what specific events and responses were occurring in the US and (primarily after 1816 what was occurring in foreign policy

§  Governmental Institutions—what governmental institutions were developed

§  US Land Expansion—what was the United States doing with new states or acquisition of more land

§  US Financial Development—what financial events were occurring and what institutions was the United States forming

§  Political Party Development—what political parties were in development and what divisions in the United States they represent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1] Jeffery B. Morris and Richard B. Morris, editors, Encyclopedia of American History, 7th Edition

[2] Paul S. Boyer, editor. The Oxford Companion to United States History.