1800s Timeline by Drew Hancock

(beginning in 1793, but the impact continued throughout the 1800s)The invention of the cotton gin & its impact on cotton production.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:54:48 UTC

The cotton gin is a machine that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It was invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, it was an important invention because it reduced the amount of time it took to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber.

Early 1800s, Rise of the abolitionist movement.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:55:31 UTC

The abolitionist movement was against slavery, The anti-slavery movement originated during the Age of Enlightenment and it focused on ending the transatlantic slave trade. The abolitionist movement gained strength as more and more people learned about the evils of slavery. The movement was a factor that led to the Civil War which ultimately ended slavery in America. Which relates back to its importance in American history.

1803, The Louisiana purchase.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:56:41 UTC

The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal that included France selling the Louisiana Territory to the United States. The Louisiana Territory was about 827,000 square feet, and it doubled the size of the United States. This was important because it paved the way for westward expansion.

Began in 1804, Louis & Clark Expedition.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:57:18 UTC

Louis & Clark's trip was federally funded to explore the North American West. The goal was to survey the Missouri and Columbia rivers, locating routes that would connect the continental interior to the Pacific Ocean. In the end, Lewis and Clark's team mapped uncharted land, rivers, and mountains successfully.

1814-rest of the century, "Mill girls in Lowell, MA and the rise of mass production & the factory system.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:58:55 UTC

The Lowell mill girls were young female workers who came to work in mills in Lowell, Massachusetts during the Industrial Revolution in the United States. Typically, mill girls were employed for nine to ten months of the year, and many left the factories during part of the summer to visit back home. They created the first union of working women in American history. In the long term, the Lowell mill girls started something that transformed this country. They showed that working women didn't have to put up with injustice in the workplace.

1817, Completion of the Erie Canal.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:59:27 UTC

The Erie Canal is a artificial waterway connecting the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo. It helped to make New York City the chief port in the United States and opened the western part of the state and other western territories to increased settlement and trade.

1828, Increased voting rights.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 19:59:50 UTC

The president in 1828 was Andrew Jackson. His campaign of 1828 was a crucial event in a period that saw the development of a two-party system akin to our modern system. It started the demand for people to have voting rights. Eventually, people got voting rights, in which everyone over 18 can vote in the United States today.

1828, The rise of the Democratic party.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 20:00:25 UTC

The modern Democratic Party emerged in the late 1820s from former factions of the Democratic-Republican Party it was founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1793. The nickname of the democratic party was the "Party of white supremacy". It is significant because it led to more voting rights across the United States.

1830, Indian Removal Act & Trail of tears.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 20:01:21 UTC

The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. It forcibly removed thousands of American Indians from their homelands in the southeastern United States. Which the nickname "Trail of Tears" comes from. This is significant because it forced Indians to resettle somewhere else or for them to be left to die.

Idea or belief that it begins around 1840, Manifest Destiny.

6hancockdrew — 2024-10-09 20:02:08 UTC

Manifest Destiny was a phrase that represented the belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand westward across North America. Manifest destiny had serious consequences for Native Americans, since continental expansion implicitly meant the occupation and annexation of Native American land, sometimes to expand slavery. This eventually led to confrontations and wars with several groups of native peoples because of Indian removal.