Veto of the Maysville Road bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 27, 1830

Publication of the "Liberator" begun . . . . . . . . January 1, 1831

"Address to the People of South Carolina" published . . July 26, 1831

The Southampton ma.s.sacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August, 1831

Anti-Masonic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . September 26, 1831

National Republican convention at Baltimore . . . . December 12, 1831

New England Anti-Slavery Society formed . . . . . . . January 6, 1832

Bank of the United States asks re-charter . . . . . . January 9, 1832

National Democratic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . May 21, 1832

Calhoun's letter to Governor Hamilton . . . . . . . . August 28, 1832

South Carolina convention meets at Columbia . . . . November 19, 1832

Ordinance of nullification . . . . . . . . . . . . November 24, 1832

President Jackson's nullification proclamation . . December 10, 1832

Clay proposes compromise tariff . . . . . . . . . . February 12, 1833

The "Force Bill" approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1833

Compromise tariff bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1833

Re-a.s.sembling of the South Carolina convention . . . . March 11, 1833

The "Paper read in the Cabinet" . . . . . . . . . . September 18, 1833

Removal of the deposits ordered . . . . . . . . . . September 26, 1833

American Anti-Slavery Society formed . . . . . . . . . December, 1833

Van Buren nominated by Baltimore convention . . . . . . . May 20, 1835

Charleston, S. C., post-office robbed . . . . . . . . . July 29, 1835

Provisional declaration of Texan independence . . . . November 7, 1835

Meeting of Texas convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 1, 1836

Declaration of Texan independence . . . . . . . . . . . March 2, 1836

The Alamo ma.s.sacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 6, 1836

Battle of San Jacinto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 21, 1836

House adopts the "gag" resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . May 26, 1836

Commonwealth of Arkansas admitted . . . . . . . . . . . June 15, 1836

The "Specie Circular" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 11, 1836

Senate pa.s.ses the "expunging resolution" . . . . . . January 16, 1837

Commonwealth of Michigan admitted . . . . . . . . . . January 26, 1837

Financial panic begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April, 1837

Murder of Lovejoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 7, 1837

Harrisburg "harmony" convention . . . . . . . . . . September 4, 1839

Whig convention at Harrisburg . . . . . . . . . . . . December 4, 1839

Democratic Republican convention at Baltimore . . . . . . May 5, 1840

Independent Treasury bill approved . . . . . . . . . . . July 4, 1840

Death of President Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 4, 1841

The Ashburton treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 9, 1842

Veto of National Bank bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 16, 1842

Second bank bill vetoed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 9, 1842

Abolition convention at Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . August 30, 1843

Whitman's party reaches the Columbia . . . . . . . September 5, 1843

Whig convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1, 1844

Democratic convention at Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . May 27, 1844

Commonwealth of Florida admitted . . . . . . . . . . . March 3, 1845

Polk's message on Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 1845

Commonwealth of Texas admitted . . . . . . . . . . December 29, 1845

Mexicans cross the Nueces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 23, 1846