1829
David Walker, a free black of Boston, publishes his David Walker Appeal, In Four Articles: Together With A Preamble To The Colored Citizens Of The World, But In Particular, And Very Expressly, To Those Of The United States Of America, urging slaves to "kill, or be killed!"
Hayne and Webster debate the nature of the Union.
1830
Congress passes Maysville Road bill vetoed by Jackson
Anti-Masonic party holds first national party convention.Insurrection of slaves in Virginia led by Nat Turner results in the deaths of some sixty whites.
William Lloyd Garrison begins to publish the "Liberator" calling for immediate and complete emancipation of slaves.
Supreme court rules in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia.
Congress passes tariff of 1832, which South Carolina nullifies, along with the 1828 tariff.
Black Hawk War results in defeat of Sauk and Fox Indians.
Key vote in the Virginia legislature hopes for gradual emancipation.
Jackson vetoes bill to recharter Bank of the United States.
Jackson is reelected President.
Outbreak of Cholera.
Congress passes Force Bill and Compromise Tariff of 1833.
South Carolina rescinds tariff nullification.
Founding of the American Antislavery Society.
Indian Trade and Intercourse Act renewed.
Jackson orders removal of federal funds deposited in the Bank of the United States and its branch offices and transfer to "pet banks."
Patent issued to Cyrus H. McCormick for his reaper.
Seminole War
Chief Justice Marshall dies and President Jackson names Roger B. Taney to succeed him.
Jackson issues Specie Circular.
Van Buren wins the presidency.
Supreme Court rules in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge.
Texans won independence at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Mob attack kills abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois.
The Supreme rules in Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge.
Financial panic precedes a depression (1840-1843).
Martin Van Buren a Democrat is inaugurated as the 8th President of the United States.
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Andrew
Jackson, 7th President of
The United States
This period has been often refereed to as Jacksonian Democracy because Andrew Jackson's belief in representative democracy. That belief exalted egalitarianism and equal opportunity to an extreme degree and made them the standard for measuring candidates and issues. By idealizing the common man as the public bedrock, it encouraged political reforms that widened the franchise, made more offices elective and stimulated more voter participation.