TIMELINE OF EVENTS

1809Non-Intercourse Act
1811First steamboat travels down the Mississippi
William Henry Harrison defeats Shawnees at Prophet Town
June 1812War of 1812 begins
1814Hartford Convention
March 1814Battle of Horseshoe Bend
August 1814British burn Washington City
December 1814Treaty of Ghent
1815Battle of New Orleans
1817–1818Andrew Jackson fights Spanish and Seminole forces in Florida
1818Great Britain and United States agree to joint occupation of Oregon Territory
1819Adams-Onís Treaty
1819–1823Panic of 1819
1820Missouri Compromise
1821White traders begin using Santa Fe Trail
1822Denmark Vesey accused of organizing a slave uprising
1823Monroe Doctrine articulated
1825Erie Canal completed
1828Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)
John Ross elected principal chief of the Cherokee nation
1829Petticoat Affair
1830Indian Removal Act
1832South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
1833Force Bill