1800 Capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington D.C.

1801 Jefferson becomes president in peaceful transition of power.

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1803 Marbury Vs. Madison establishes precedent of Judicial Review. Louisiana purchase.

Marbury Madison John Marshall Bought from France in 1803 for $15,000,000.

1804 Lewis and Clark expedition begins.

1812 U.S. declares war on Britain.

1814 /1815Andrew Jackson defeats British at New Orleans. War of

1812 ends.

1819 Spain cedes Florida to U.S. McCulloch v.

Maryland upholds the national bank’s right to exist.

1820 Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) is admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state; except for Missouri, slavery is

prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30'

1823 President Monroe declares that the American continents are henceforth off-limits for further

colonization by European powers

1824 Gibbons v. Ogden broadly defines Congress's

right to regulate interstate commerce