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The period following the Revolutionary War was one of instability and change. The end of monarchical rule, evolving governmental structures, religious fragmentation, challenges to the family system, economic flux, and massive population shifts all led to heightened uncertainty and insecurity.

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the Northwest Ordinance established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. This lead to the civil war by letting states become independent and have their own beliefs, especially when it came to slavery

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Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. Thomas Jefferson had big plans for the country and later lead the Louisiana purchase, causing conflict with Natives

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The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 square miles. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of America, it made westward expansion and manifest destiny take off from what it originally was. The purchase shaped Americans dreams of moving wet and pursuing what they wanted to do since there would be more job openings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase

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At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates fiercely debated the issue of slavery. They ultimately agreed that the United States would potentially cease importation of slaves in 1808. An act of Congress passed in 1800 made it illegal for Americans to engage in the slave trade between nations, and gave U.S. authorities the right to seize slave ships which were caught transporting slaves and confiscate their cargo. This caused conflict against people who thought slavery was benefitting society, which was a main conflict in the civil war.

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The Exploration of the Louisiana Purchase 1804-1806

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The Exploration of the Louisiana Purchase 1804-1806

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After the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was made, Jefferson initiated an exploration of the newly purchased land and the territory beyond the "great rock mountains" in the West. He chose Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition, who in turn solicited the help of William Clark. Native Americans were not happy bout their land being taken, causing wars and conflict between new land.

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The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was a conflict fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against Great Britain and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It began when the US declared war on 18 June 1812 and although peace terms were agreed in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent.  The war allowed the United States to rewrite its boundaries with Spain and solidify control over the lower Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. It also threw America into a spiral of loss of money, which was crucial. Many people were laid off from jobs and the Slave Trade went up, this angered many people.

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Minister Onís and Secretary Adams reached an agreement whereby Spain ceded East Florida to the United States and renounced all claims to West Florida. Spain received no compensation, but the United States agreed to assume liability for $5 million in damage done by American citizens who rebelled against Spain. Unfortunately, America went into war with Spain, causing millions and millions of dollars of damages. Spain was not happy

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The Panic of 1819 and the accompanying Banking Crisis of 1819 were economic crises in the United States of America principally caused by the end of years of warfare between France and Great Britain. These two nations had been at war with each other since the 1680s. They finally settled their differences in 1815. They edged the slave trade to continue so that the U.S Government could make money. Many were upset and rebelled.

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In 1820, amid growing sectional tensions over the issue of slavery, the U.S. Congress passed a law that admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while banning slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase lands located north of the 36º 30' parallel. The Northerners and Southerners were not happy with either decision because they had both imagined a different America. This caused many more problems down the road about slave state issues.

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In the 1820s and 1830s, a market revolution was transforming American business and global trade. Factories and mass production increasingly displaced independent artisans. Farms grew and produced goods for distant, not local, markets, shipping them via inexpensive transportation like the Erie Canal. This gave America the chance to urbanize and grow its population. Giving people more jobs to feed their families. The revolution also left people starved for power, so they made problems to take control of.

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Texas Revolution also called the War of Texas Independence, was fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas. The most immediate cause of the Texas Revolution was the refusal of many Texas, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by "Siete Leyes" which placed almost total power in the hands of the Mexican national government. This key event gave Texas its freedom from Mexico, leaving it as a free state to do whatever it pleased. Texas, unfortunately, played a big role in the Mexican-American War.

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Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845 and became the 28th state. Until 1836, Texas had been part of Mexico, but in that year a group of settlers from the United States who lived in Mexican Texas declared independence. The annexation of Texas contributed to the coming of the Mexican-American War. Texas was admitted as a slave state and caused more conflict with slavery. Congress was happy, the people were not.

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The Oregon Territory was valuable to both the U.S. and Britain. At first, the territory was split among both nations. Drawn by the Willamette Valley and its vast resources, settlers moved west to the Oregon territory. The Oregon Treaty was one of the first successes of Manifest Destiny. Many states wanted the territory and raised hell for it.

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Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America's southern boundary. This was also a big step for America for Manifest Destiny because we had gained 525,000 square miles of new land. Half of this land ended up becoming slave territory unfortunately.

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The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery and territorial expansion. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. In addition, an act was passed settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico that also established a territorial government in New Mexico. The Fugitive Slave Act was the most controversial. It required citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves. It denied a fugitive's right to a jury trial, making people fighting for slavery rebell.

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The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States. The first Fugitive Slave Act authorized local governments to seize and return escapees to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who aided in their flight. Tensions between the North and South quickly increased, leading to the eventual secession of the South and the ensuing Civil War.

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The Gadsden Purchase is a roughly 30,000 square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was acquired by the United States in a treaty signed by American ambassador to Mexico James Gadsden. The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico. The transaction with Mexico was controversial, and it intensified the simmering conflict over enslavement and helped to inflame the regional differences that eventually led to the Civil War

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. The act allowed the people of each territory to decide whether or not to allow slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act failed to end the national conflict over slavery. Antislavery forces viewed the statute as a capitulation to the South, and many abandoned the Whig and Democratic parties to form the Republican Party. Kansas soon became a battleground over slavery.

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Antislavery forces viewed the statute as a capitulation to the South, and many abandoned the Whig and Democratic parties to form the Republican Party. Kansas soon became a battleground over slavery. There was the sacking of Lawrence Kansas Lawrence by people who were hoping to make Kansas a free state. They attacked a town for escaped slaves, burned their homes, and killed 55 people in total. Bleeding Kansas significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War.