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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