TIMELINE OF THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 1800 -1815 1800 1802

TIMELINE OF THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

1800 -1815

1800

The Convention of 1800 between France and the US nullifies the Treaty of 1778

Jefferson elected president.

Washington, D.C. becomes the national capital

1801

President Adams appoints "midnight judges" to tighten Federalist control of the

courts

1802

The federal government sells its shares in the Bank of the United States

The Republican Congress repeals the judiciary Act of 1801

West Point established

1803

The Louisiana Purchase

1803-06

Lewis and Clark Expedition to Pacific

1803

Marbury v. Madison

1805

The Essex decision: Congress retaliates with the Non-Importation Act

1805-06

The Wilkinson-Burr conspiracy

1806-07

England and France issue decrees limiting agricultural trade in Europe

1807

The Chesapeake-Leopard affair

Congress prohibits the slave trade with Africa, but illegal importation of black slaves continues

Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont makes a round trip between Albany and New York

1808 James Madison elected president

1809 The Nonintercourse Act

1810 Americans in Spanish West Florida "revolt"; the United States claims the region as part of the Louisiana Purchase

1810 Macon's Bill No. 2

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1811 Southern and western "War Hawks" dominate the House of Representatives American naval ship President attacks English navy's Little Belt. Congress defeats an attempt to recharter the Bank of the United States Battle of Tippecanoe The Federal government begins work on the National Road at Cumberland, Maryland Fulton-Livingston interests awarded an exclusive charter from the Louisiana territorial legislature to operate steamboats on the Mississippi

1812 Astor establishes fur trading post on Pacific in Oregon Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a slave state James Madison re-elected president Congress provides for a 35,000 man regular army, gives Madison the power to call up state militias, and declares war on England

1814 Napoleon defeated in Europe; British troops are transferred to America and move on Washington. The Hartford Convention The Peace of Ghent provides settlement of minor disputes between United States and Britain, leaves major issues of war untouched

1815 Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at New Orleans

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