George Washington 1789-1793 |
North Carolina, 1789 Tax Rebellion, 1789 End Slavery, 1790 Suffrage for Women, 1790 France Demands Support, 1790 Rhode Island, 1790 Bill of Rights, 1791 Create National Bank, 1791 Assume State Debts, 1791 Re-locate Capital, 1791 Pay Off War Bonds, 1791 Vermont, 1791 Kentucky, 1792 |
George Washington 1793-1797 |
Northwest Indian War, 1794 British Attacks on Shipping, 1794 Tennessee, 1796 |
John Adams 1797-1801 |
Panic of 1797, 1797 Quasi-War with France, 1798 Sedition Act, 1798 Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, 1798 Virginia Slave Revolt, 1800 |
Thomas Jefferson 1801-1805 |
Napoleon Seeks Help, 1803 Theory of Judicial Review, 1803 Ohio, 1803 Land Act of 1804, 1804 12th Amendment, 1804 |
Thomas Jefferson 1805-1809 |
French Attacks on Shipping, 1807 |
James Madison 1809-1813 |
War of 1812, 1812 Louisiana, 1812 |
James Madison 1813-1817 |
Hartford Convention, 1814 Indiana, 1816 Internal Improvements, 1817 |
James Monroe 1817-1821 |
Mississippi, 1817 Illinois, 1818 Alabama, 1819 Panic of 1819, 1819 First Seminole War, 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819 Land Act of 1820, 1820 Maine, 1820 Extension of Slavery Crisis, 1820 |
James Monroe 1821-1825 |
Missouri, 1821 Monroe Doctrine, 1823 |
John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 |
Panic of 1825, 1825 |
Andrew Jackson 1829-1833 |
Indian Removal Act, 1830 Nat Turner Slave Uprising, 1831 Nullification Crisis, 1832 |
Andrew Jackson 1833-1837 |
De-funding Bank of the USA, 1833 Second Seminole War, 1835 Specie Circular, 1836 Arkansas, 1836 Republic of Texas Established, 1836 Michigan, 1837 |
Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 |
Financial Panic, 1837 Independent Treasury System, 1840 |
William Henry Harrison 1841 | |
John Tyler 1841-1845 |
Dorr Rebellion of Rhode Island, 1841 Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 Florida, 1845 Texas, 1845 |
James Knox Polk 1845-1849 |
Buy Western Lands from Texas, 1845 Oregon Treaty, 1846 Mexican-American War, 1846 Iowa, 1846 Wilmot Proviso, 1846 Panic of 1847, 1847 Wisconsin, 1848 |
Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 | |
Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 |
California, 1850 Prevent Fugitive Slave Act, 1850 Extend Slavery to Southwest, 1850 End Slave Auctions in the Capital, 1850 Open Relations with Japan, 1851 |
Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 |
Gadsden Purchase, 1853 Ostend Manifesto, 1854 Prevent Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 Bleeding Kansas, 1854 Third Seminole War, 1855 |
James Buchanan 1857-1861 |
Panic of 1857, 1857 Dred Scott Decision, 1857 Minnesota, 1858 Oregon, 1859 Raid on Harpers Ferry, 1859 Secession, 1860 |
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