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Washington City, District of Columbia in the 1820s: 1 through 10 of 11

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  1. Letter Written from Secretary of War to Congress Concerning Civilization of the Indian Tribes
    date January 15, 1820map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, War

    As the United States' population exploded, the government continued to look westward to expand the country's wealth, power, and size. In some cases, US explorers tried to live alongside Native-Americans who called the West their home, but hostility from both peoples often caused conflict. Americans embraced the mindset that not only was it acceptable, but it was even their duty to organize and civilize...

  2. Charles Pinckney and George Tucker Speak Against the Missouri Compromise
    date February 14, 1820 to February 25, 1820map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Slavery

    South Carolina Governor and member of the House of Representatives, Charles Pinckney had been one of the youngest delegates of the Constitutional Convention in 1789. Pinckney remained a controversial political figure, due in part to his support of slavery. In 1820, he reacted to the attempts of some Northern congressmen to ban slavery from the Missouri Compromise. An example of the Northern position...

  3. Arkansas Becomes a Second-Grade Territory
    date April 11, 1820 to April 21, 1820map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In the National House of Representatives, Congressman Johnson of Kentucky introduced a bill to establish Arkansas under the second grade of territorial development. The bill provided for treatment of the Arkansas Territory similarly to the Territory of Missouri and pushed it closer to becoming a state. Johnson's bill looked to past acts of Congress regarding Southern territory as guidelines for handling...

  4. Spain Officially Cedes Florida to the United States/ Ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty
    date February 19, 1821map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Beginning in 1818, President Monroe sent General Andrew Jackson to Spanish Florida to subdue the Seminole Indians, who were raiding American settlements. Liberally interpreting his ambiguous instructions, Jackson led his troops deep into areas of Florida under Spanish control, capturing two Spanish forts. Because Florida held the potential of becoming a new slave state, southern congressmen eagerly...

  5. Second Inaugural Address of President James Monroe
    date March 5, 1821map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Slavery

    America's fifth president, James Monroe, was a lawyer from the state of Virginia belonging to the Democratic - Republican Party, and served as president from 1817 to 1825. His presidency encompassed what came to be called the “Era of Good Feelings.' The largest political crisis Monroe faced while in office came toward the end of his first term, when the question of slavery shrouding the entrance...

  6. A Student Eulogizes Thomas Jefferson
    date October 4, 1826map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, Westward Expansion, Louisiana Purchase

    Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of the United States and the third elected President, passed away on July 4, 1826. Jefferson served two terms as President of the United States from 1801-1809. He will always be remembered as the principal author to the Declaration of Independence. On October 26, 1826, at the Columbian College in Washington D.C., Jefferson’s eulogy was delivered by a...

  7. The Friar Aremas incident reaches the Capitol.
    date January 21, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags War

    Ever since American colonists had moved into Texas, relations between the United States and Mexico were at a precarious position. President John Quincy Adams had the auspicious task of keeping both sides happy in a desperate attempt to avoid any kind of armed conflict. The first of what would become many troubling incidents for both parties occurred on January 21st, 1827. Friar Joaquin Aremas was...

  8. Bankruptcy Bill voted down in Senate.
    date February 1, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Economy

    On February 1st, 1827 the United States Senate voted 2 to 1 against a bill presented by Senator Hayne advocating a bankruptcy bill. By this time, indebtedness was stretching through the country. It had become a vicious cycle that most people cannot escape from once they are caught in it. This bill was meant to provide some relief for the debtors but as the Charleston News and Courier put it the...

  9. American Colonization Society petitions Congress
    date February 16, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Economy, Slavery

    In 1827, Mr. Clarke presented a resolution that had gone through the state assembly in Kentucky. With the backing of Delaware Senator Louis McLane, they presented a petition by the American Colonization Society (ACS) “requesting the Senators and Representatives of that State, in Congress, to use their best efforts to facilitate the removal of such free people of color as may desire to emigrate...

  10. The religious magazine announcement.
    date September 6, 1827map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Church/Religious-Activity

    On September 6th, 1827 the U.S. Telegraph happily announced to Washington D.C. the coming of a religious magazine, its first issue to be published for January 1st, 1828. The paper compared this new development much to the progress or “rapid improvement' being made in the field of science. This paper was to be in the “spirit of the foreign theological journals and review' of Europe. Most...

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