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Lewis and Clark set to explore the Louisiana purchase. The United States and Tripoli engaged in a naval conflict which ended with American victory in 1804.

Jefferson is elected president and the Federalist party has lost most of its power. John Marshall has also been appointed as the supreme court judge.

The invention of the steamboat changed transport forever

1804

1807

1801

1806

1810

1803

-For the first time the Supreme Court declared a state law to be unconstitutional in the Fletcher v. Peck ruling. -Macon's Bill Number 2 motivated Great Britain and France to stop seizing American ships, during the Napoleonic Wars.

Lewis and Clark return home with valuable information about the new lands purchased in the Louisiana Purchase

Marbury v. Madison (1803), established the principle of judicial review.

-The Federalist Party collapsed-The temperance movement was started which called for the prohibition of alcohol.

-The Martin v. Hunter's Lease established that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over state courts in cases involving constitutional rights -End of the Jefferson age and James Monroe is elected as president. -The era of good feelings starts because of only one political party in competition.-Tariff of 1816 taxed British products so that American goods would be bought more. -Henry Clay's American system is implemented.

Corporations for Raising Capital In 1811, NY passes a law to make that made it so that owners of a corporation risked only the amount of money they invested in a venture. Other states also imitated NY’s law.

1820s

1816

1811

1819

1821

1812

-The Panic was the first financial crisis after the constitution had been ratified. -Dartmouth College v. Woodward case -McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) -Florida Purchase Treaty -The Missouri Territory applied to Congress for statehood and slavery issue became a subject of angry debate.

The War of 1812 was a war between the United States and its allies, and the British and its allies. It began when the United States declared war in June 1812 and ended in a stalemate when a peace treaty agreed to earlier was ratified by the United States in February 1815.

Cohens v. Virginia (1821) Gibbons v. Ogden (1821) . Admit Missouri as a slave-holding state. 2. Admit Maine as a free state. 3. Prohibit slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36° 30'.Missouri compromise 1821

- The Monroe Doctrine was establishedCotton mills begin production in Lowell which caused a boom in economy and also a social reform for women's role in society.

Manifest Destiny - idea that the United States is destined (by God) expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the North America

Invention of the telegraph revolutionized long dstance communication.

1830s

1823

1845

1825

1840s

1860

The completion of the Erie Canal in New York State in 1825 From the Atlantic coast to Texas, tobacco, rice, and sugar were staple crops. The cotton production, though, was the main crop which controlled life in the region. The dominating feature of the Cotton Kingdom was employment of slave labor.

After the Civil War, under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, slavery was emancipated.

The Second Great Awakening caused Protestant religious revival in the United States and -spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching, sparked a number of reform movements.