A. D. 1806 A convention concluded with England, but not ratified by the American government. 1807 January 27, Aaron Burr arrested for a conspiracy. June 22, the frigate Chesapeake attacked by a British vessel of war. British armed vessels forbidden to enter American ports. November 11, Orders in Council issued. December 17, the Milan decree issued. 1808 Commodore Barron, of the Chesapeake, tried, and sentenced to be suspended for five years. Mr. Rose sent Envoy Extraordinary from Great Bri tain. 1809 James Madison elected President, and George Clinton Vice-President. April 12, Congress passes an act for raising an addi- April 23, treaty concluded with Erskine, the British November, Mr. Jackson dismissed by the President. 1810 May 10, Non-Intercourse Law passed. Discussions continue with France and England. 1811 May, engagement between the President and Little Belt. Mr. Foster succeeds Mr. Erskine, as minister from Great tornado at Charleston. The Non-Intercourse Law rescinded as regards November 7, a body of Indians defeated at Tippecanoe A. D. 1812 January 11, additional force of 35,000 men authorized. Loan of eleven millions authorized. Detachment of militia not exceeding 100,000 author- June 18, war declared against Great Britain by the 23, Orders in Council revoked. July 12, General Hull invades Canada. 13, British ship-of-war Alert, taken by the Essex. 16, General Hull capitulates. 19, Guerriere, British frigate, taken by the Constitu- September, General Harrison takes command of the 3, attack on Fort Harrison. October 8, brigs Detroit and Caledonia taken by a party of American volunteers. 13, unsuccessful attack on Queenstown by the American troops. 14, abortive expedition of General Hopkins. 17, British ship Frolic captured by American ship 25, Macedonian frigate taken by the United States. 1813 January, the army and navy ordered to be increased by Congress. 13, General Winchester surprised and defeated by the enemy. February 23, British ship Peacock, taken by the Hornet. March 4, James Madison inaugurated President, and April 15, Mobile taken by a body of the American 27, York, in Upper Canada, taken. General Pike killed. A. D. 1813 May, Fort Meigs besieged by the British. General Clay defeated. 27, Fort George taken by the American troops. 29, British defeated in an attempt on Sackett's Har bor. June 1, Chesapeake frigate taken by the British frigate Shannon. 5, Generals Chandler and Winder taken prisoners a 23, Admiral Cockburn defeated at Craney Island. 25, Hampton taken by the British. August 1, Fort Sandusky unsuccessfully attacked by the allied British and Indian force. 14, United States' brig Argus taken by the British September 4, British brig Boxer taken by United 10, British squadron on Lake Erie taken by the October 5, British army defeated and taken by Gene- November 1, expedition against Montreal. 19, Fort Niagara taken. 1814 February 23, mission to Gottenburg. March 20, frigate Essex taken by two British vessels. April 21, United States ship Frolic taken. 28, Epervier taken by the Peacock. July 3, Fort Erie taken by General Brown. 25, battle of Bridgewater. August 9, attack on Stonington. 15, battle of Fort Erie. 24, battle of Bladensburg. Capture of Washington. September 1, Avon taken by the Wasp. 11, British squadron on Lake Champlain captured by the American squadron under Commodore M'Donough. Defeat of the British at Plattsburg. 24, treaty of Peace signed at Ghent, A. D. 1814 December 28, British repulsed at New-Orleans. 1815 January 1, second repulse of the British. 8, signal defeat of the British. 15, United States' frigate President taken by a British squadron. February 17, treaty of Peace ratified. 20, Cyane and Levant taken by the Constitution. April, massacre of the American prisoners at Dart- May, Commodore Decatur sails with a squadron to June 18, an Algerine frigate of 44 guns captured by August, the Franklin, 74, launched. Treaty of Peace concluded with the Dey of Algiers. 1816 April, a national bank established by Congress, with a capital of thirty-five millions. October, a treaty concluded by General Jackson with the Indians. December, Indiana Territory admitted into the Union as a state. 1817 January 1, the United States' Bank opened for business at Philadelphia. March 4, James Monroe inaugurated President, and December 11, the Mississippi territory admitted into 1818 War with the Seminole Indians commenced. April, the Seminoles defeated and dispersed by Gene- May 1, Arbuthnot and Armbrister tried, and after- December 4, Illinois territory admitted into the Union. 1819 The Arkansas territory organized by act of Congress. February 23, a treaty for the cession of Florida, signed at Washington, and ratified by the United States. May, the first steam-ship sails for Europe. A. D. 1819 August, the King of Spain refuses to ratify the Florida treaty. 23, Commodore Perry dies in the West Indies. December, the Alabama territory admitted into the Population of the city and county of New-York, 1820 Population of the United States, 9,625,734. Maine admitted into the Union as a state. American Colonization Society sent out their first colonists to Liberia. 1821 Missouri admitted into the Union as a state. Elias Boudinot, President of the American Bible Massacre of the Greeks at Scio. 1824 The Marquis de La Fayette visited the United States. American Sunday School Union instituted at Philadelphia. 1825 March 4, John Quincy Adams inaugurated President of the United States. American Tract Society instituted in New-York. 1826 July 4, the Ex-Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died. American Temperance Society instituted at Boston. 1829 March 4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated President of the United States. 1830 An act passed by Congress, to remove the Indians residing in any of the states or territories to the west of the Mississippi. Population of the United States, 12,866,020. 1832 The United States visited with the Cholera. 1833 Andrew Jackson commences his second term as President of the United States. |