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January 19 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States. March 4 – Alexander S. Wolcott and John Johnson open their "Daguerreian Parlor" on Broadway (Manhattan), the world's first commercial photography portrait studio.
America's Best History, ... from sea to shining sea. United States History Timeline, the 1840's, the Mexican War, includes the top events of each year of the decade.
The United States had five different Presidents during the decade. Only the 1880s would have as many. Martin Van Buren was president when the decade began, but was defeated by William Henry Harrison in the U.S. presidential election of 1840 .
3 de jul. de 2019 · The California Gold Rush is a highlight of the 1840s, an event that shaped American history. Kean Collection/Staff/Getty Images. By. Robert McNamara. Updated on July 03, 2019. The years from 1840 to 1850 were marked by war, political changes, a gold rush in California, and many other important events in America and around the world. 1840.
The United States became a continental nation with the purchase of Louisiana from France in 1803 and the settlement of the lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains. Westward expansion fueled conflict with Native populations and led to their forced removal. By 1820, 2 million Americans lived west of the Appalachians, out of a total national ...
About this unit. In the early nineteenth century, the United States expanded rapidly, fueled by new technology, growing markets, and the extension of democracy to all white men. But this prosperity came at a cost, gobbling up the lands of Native Americans in the West and the labor of enslaved people in the South.
20 de jun. de 2008 · This decade of the 1800s featured several significant events in America and across the globe: a steam locomotive raced a horse, the U.S. President beat up the man who tried to assassinate him, Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, and a tragic siege at the Alamo became legendary.
