Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1800-1828 Era

Click here for a brief explanation of the columns.

 

Date

Presidential Election

Beyond America

Foreign Policy and Wars

Government Institutions

US Land Expansion

US Financial Development

Political Party Development

1794

 

 

Slave revolt in Haiti began

 

 

 

 

1800

 

Anti-slavery Trends

Revolutionary Trends

 

 

 

 

 

1800-11

 

 

 

New capital

 

 

 

1800-12

Thomas Jefferson

Aaron Burr

 

 

 

 

 

 

1801-01

 

 

 

Marshall Court began

 

 

Realities

1801-02

 

 

 

“Midnight appointments”

 

 

 

1801-03

Jefferson inaugural

Barbary pirates (More)

 

 

Harrison and Indian Policy

Retrenchment began

Realities  

1802-03

 

 

 

West Point established

 

 

 

1803

 

 

 

 

Ohio, a state free

 

Realities

1803-01

 

 

 

 

Louisiana problems

 

 

1803-02

 

 

 

Marbury v. Madison

 

 

 

1803-04

 

 

 

 

Louisiana Purchase

 

Realities

1804

 

 

 

12th Amendment ratified

 

 

 

1804 - 1806

 

 

 

 

Lewis & Clark expedition

 

 

1804-12

Thomas Jefferson

 

 

 

 

 

 

1805

 

Battle of Trafalgar

 

 

 

 

 

1805

 

French and British  acts on neutrals

 

 

 

 

► Realities

1805 - 1807

 

 

 

 

Pike expedition

 

 

1807

 

 

 

 

 

National Road project

► Realities

1807-06

 

 

British impressment

 

 

 

 

1807-12

 

 

Embargo solution

 

 

 

► Division

1808-01

 

 

 

Slave trade ended

 

 

 

1808-12

James Madison

 

 

 

 

 

 

1809-03

 

 

Non-intercourse solution

 

 

 

 

1810-05

 

 

Favored-party solution

 

 

 

 

1810-10

 

 

 

 

Western Florida, annex

 

 

1812-12

James Madison

 

 

 

Louisiana, a state (slave)

 

► Division

1813

 

 

US burned capital

 

 

 

 

1814

 

 

British burned capital

 

 

 

 

1814

 

 

War’s end

 

 

 

 

1815-01

 

 

Victory post-war

Hartford secession

 

 

 

1816

 

 

 

 

Indiana, a state (free)

 

 

1816-04

 

 

 

 

 

2nd national bank

 

1816-12

James Monroe

Era of Good Feeling began

 

 

 

 

 

 

1817

 

 

Florida events; treaty

 

Mississippi, a state (slave)

 

 

1818

 

 

 

 

Illinois, a state (free)

 

 

1819

 

 

 

 

Alabama, a state (slave)

Panic started

 

1820-02

 

 

 

Missouri Compromise

 

 

► Division

1820-03

 

 

 

 

Maine, a state (free)

 

 

1820-12

James Monroe

 

 

 

 

 

 

1821

 

 

 

 

Missouri, a state (slave)

 

 

1823

 

 

Monroe Doctrine

 

 

 

 

1824-12

John Quincy Adams

John C. Calhoun

 

 

 

 

 

“King Caucus” ends

1825

 

 

 

 

 

Financial policies

► Division

1826

 

 

Revolutionary policies

 

 

 

► Division

1828-05

 

 

 

 

 

Tariff policies

► Division

1828-12

Andrew Jackson

John C. Calhoun

 

 

 

 

 

► New Parties

► Division

 

 

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 (British 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 1800-1828 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

 

Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2007

 

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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.