Timeline and Terms

Events

Adams-Onís Treaty
American colony established in Texas
Andrew Jackson censured
Andrew Jackson elected president
Andrew Jackson re-elected
Andrew Jackson’s march into Florida
Annexation of Texas
Bank War
Beaver population depleted
Black Hawk War
Bureau of Indian Affairs established
California gold rush
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Republic formed
Commonwealth v. Hunt
Convention of 1818
Donner Party tragedy
Erie Canal construction
Fall of the Alamo
Financial Panic of 1819
First meeting of Republican Party
First telegraph message
Franklin Pierce elected president
Gadsden Purchase
Harrison died; Tyler became president
Indian Removal Act
Irish Potato Famine
James Buchanan elected president
James K. Polk elected president
James Monroe elected president
John Quincy Adams elected president
Land Act of 1820
Lecompton Constitution
Martin Van Buren elected president
McCulloch v. Maryland
Mexican recognition of Texas independence
Migration to California
Migration to Oregon and California
Monroe Doctrine
Mormon War
Nullification crisis
Panic of 1837
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Second Bank of the United States chartered
Seminole War
Six-shooter gun introduced
Start of Mexican-American War
Tariff of 1816
Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
Tariff of 1833
Texas Declaration of Independence
Trail of Tears
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Whig Party formed
William Henry Harrison elected president
Worcester v. Georgia
Zachary Taylor elected president

People

Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Black Hawk
Charles Sumner
Daniel Webster
Franklin Pierce
Henry Clay
James Buchanan
James K. Polk
James Monroe
John Brown
John C. Calhoun
John C. Frémont
John Quincy Adams
John Ross
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Osceola
Roger B. Taney
Sam Houston
Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen F. Austin
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor

Places

Alamo
Erie Canal
Harpers Ferry
Oregon Trail
United States-Canada border

Organizations

Democratic-Republican Party
Donner Party
Forty-niners
Whig Party