|
1830 | Preemption Act |
|
1830 | Webster-Hayne debate and Jackson-Calhoun toast |
|
1830 | Indian Removal Act GO ! |
|
1831 | Eaton Affair |
|
1831 | Southampton insurrection: Virginia slave revolt led by Nat Turner |
|
1832 | Department of Indian Affairs established |
|
1832 | Tariff of 1832 |
|
1832 | Andrew Jackson re-elected President of the U.S. GO ! |
|
1832 | Jackson vetoes U.S. Bank charter GO ! |
|
1832 | Worcester v. Georgia (state law does not apply to Indians on tribal lands) GO ! |
|
1832 | Nullification Crisis GO ! |
|
1832 | Removal of funds from U.S. Bank to state banks |
|
1832 | Black Hawk War |
|
1833 | Force Bill |
|
1833 | Compromise tariff |
|
1833 | Calhoun resigns as vice president |
|
1834 | The Indian Territory is established in what is now Oklahoma |
|
1834 | Indian Intercourse Act |
|
1834 | National Trades Union founded |
|
1834 | Whig party established |
|
1835 | Second Seminole War GO ! |
|
1836 | Arkansas is the 25th state admitted to the Union |
|
1836 | Gag Rule imposed |
|
1836 | Specie circular |
|
1836 | Texas declares independence GO ! |
|
1837 | Michigan is the 26th state admitted to the Union |
|
1837 | Caroline Affair |
|
1837 | Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (reverses Dartmouth College v. Woodward; property rights can be overridden by public need) |
|
1837 | Panic of 1837 |
|
1837 | Martin van Buren inaugurated President of the U.S. GO ! |
|
1838 | Beginning of the Trail of Tears |
|
1838 | Aroostook War |
|
1839 | The Amistad Insurrection |
|
1840 | Liberty party formed |
|
1840 | Independent Treasury Act |
|
1840 | William Henry Harrison elected president GO ! |
|
1841 | William Henry Harrison dies one month after his inauguration, John Tyler succeeds him GO ! |
|
1841 | Distributive Preemption Act |
|
1842 | Webster-Ashburton Treaty between Great Britain and the U.S. defines Canadian frontier |
|
1844 | Treaty of Annexation (Texas) GO ! |
|
1844 | China and the U.S. sign first treaty of peace, amity, and commerce |
|
1845 | Florida is the 27th state admitted to the Union |
|
1845 | Texas is the 28th state admitted to the Union |
|
1845 | James K. Polk inaugurated as President of the U.S. GO ! |
|
1845 | "Manifest Destiny" coined |
|
1844 | United States annexes Texas and sends troops to the Rio Grande GO ! |
|
1845 | Americans attempt to purchase California and New Mexico |
|
1846 | Iowa is the 29th state admitted to the Union |
|
1846 | Walker Tariff Bill |
|
1846 | Polk Doctrine declared |
|
1846 | Resolution of Oregon question GO ! |
|
1846 | Wilmot Proviso |
|
1846 | 13 May - U.S. declares war against Mexico GO ! |
|
1847 | Treaty of Cahuenga ends Mexican-American War hostilities in California |
|
1847 | Liberia proclaimed independent republic |
|
1848 | Wisconsin is the 30th state admitted to the Union |
|
1848 | Free-Soil party founded |
|
1848 | 10 March - U.S. Senate ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (with amendments) GO ! |
|
1849 | Zachary Taylor inaugurated as President of the U.S. GO ! |
|
1849 | California gold rush begins |
|
1849 | Bureau of Indian Affairs shifted to Interior Department |
