Milestones

1808

James Madison is elected president

1816

James Monroe is elected president

1810

Macon’s Bill No. 2 removes all restrictions on

1817

Rush-Bagot Agreement limits American and British

Commerce with Britain and France

Forces on Lake Champlain and Great Lakes

1811

Battle of Tippecanoe shatters Indian confederation

1819

United States signs Transcontinental Treaty

1812

James Madison is reelected president

With Spain

Congress declares war on Great Britain

1819-

United States experiences economic depression

USS Constitution and United States win

1822

Naval victories

1820

James Monroe is reelected president

1813

Captain Oliver Hazard Perry destroys British fleet

1820-

Missouri Compromise closes Missouri Territory to

In Battle of Lake Erie

1821

Slavery, but opens Arkansas Territory to slavery

General William Henry Harrison defeats British in

1820-

Cities and manufacturing grow rapidly

Battle of the Thames

1850

Tecumseh dies at Battle of the Thames

1823

Monroe Doctrine says United States will consider

1814

British burn Washington, DC

Future European colonization in Western

Francis Scott Key writes “The Star Spangled

Hemisphere a threat to American peace and

Banner” during bombardment of Fort McHenry

Safety

New England Federalists meet at Hartford

1824-

House of Representatives decides election of 1824

Convention

1825

In favor of John Quincy Adams, leading to claims

Treaty of Ghent officially ends War of 1812

Of a “corrupt bargain” with Henry Clay

1815

General Andrew Jackson defeats British at Battle

1828

Congress passes Tariff of Abominations, leading to

Of New Orleans

Nullification debate