Andrew Jackson Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
 | 1829 | His inauguration as 7th President of the United States and the establishment of the Democrat Party |
 | 1829 | James Smithson bequeathed his estate to fund an educational institution called the Smithsonian Institution |
 | 1829 | Mexico abolishes slavery |
 | 1830 | The Petticoat affair (aka the Peggy Eaton affair) was an 1830–1831 U.S. scandal involving members of the US Cabinet and their wives resulted in Andrew Jackson establishing a "Kitchen Cabinet" unofficial advisors.. |
 | 1830 | The 1830 Indian Removal Act was passed. The 1830 Indian Removal Act contributed to the belief in the Manifest Destiny of the United States |
 | 1830 | The Oregon Trail opens |
 | 1830 | The "Underground Railroad" and the Abolitionist Movement was established |
 | 1831 | Nat Turner's Rebellion broke out, a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia |
 | 1831 | The Cyrus McCormick reaper was invented |
 | 1832 | Andrew Jackson was re-elected. |
 | 1832 | The 'Spoils System' was introduced into government |
 | 1832 | The Tariff of 1832 was introduced as remedy for the conflict created by the 1828 Tariff of Abominations. It failed and led to the Nullification Crisis |
 | 1832 | The Nullification Crisis erupted when the South Carolina legislature passed an Ordinance of Nullification on November 24, 1832. |
 | 1832 | The Nullification Crisis in which the sectional interests of the North and the South truly came into conflict for the first time. |
 | 1832 | Jackson issues the Nullification Proclamation on December 10, 1832 |
 | 1832 | The Whig party was created when the President vetoed the re-chartering of the 2nd Bank. |
 | 1832 | The Black Hawk War erupted in Northern Illinois and South western Wisconsin. The Sauk and Fox tribes were led by Chief Black Hawk in an attempt to reclaim their homelands |
 | 1832 | The Department of Indian Affairs was established |
 | 1833 | The Force Bill is passed by Congress on March 2, 1833, during the Nullification Crisis |
 | 1833 | The 1833 Compromise Tariff, proposed by Henry Clay, was passed by Congress in March 1833 ending the Nullification Crisis |
 | 1833 | Great Britain abolishes slavery |
 | 1833 | Andrew Jackson’s "Bank War" starts over funds withdrawn from the National Bank and deposited into Jackson's state "Pet Banks". |
 | 1834 | The First Dragoon Expedition of 1834 (aka Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition or Pawnee expedition) led to the first official contact between the US government and the Great Plains Indians including the Pawnee and Comanche |
 | 1835 | The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) erupted between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists resulting in the establishment of the Republic of Texas |
 | 1835 | The Creek Alabama Uprising (1835–1837) in Alabama and Georgia resulted in a defeat and the removal of the Creek and Cherokee tribes from their native lands along the Trail of Tears to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma as specified in the Treaty of New Echota |
 | 1835 | The Second Seminole War (1835–1842) erupted along the Florida–Georgia Border. The Seminoles, led by Chief Osceola, resumed fighting for their lands and were decimated as a result |
 | 1835 | The first sale of Samuel Colt's revolvers and his new revolving muskets |
 | 1835 | The New York Herald, the first real newspaper, was founded in 1835 |
 | 1835 | The Garrison riot and anti-abolitionist riots in New York, New Jersey, and New Hampshire |
 | 1836 | The Gag Rule banned petitions calling for the Abolition of Slavery |
 | 1836 | Texans unanimously declare their independence. The Battle of the Alamo was fought between February 23 – March 6 |
 | 1836 | The Deposit and Distribution Act of 1836 placed federal revenues in various banks across the nation |
 | 1836 | The Missouri–Iowa Border War aka the Honey War |
 | 1836 | The Comanche Wars (1836–1877) broke out between Native Americans and settlers in Texas and Oklahoma |
 | 1836 | The Specie Circular was issued to restrain excessive land speculation and curtail the enormous growth of paper money in circulation |
 | 1837 | His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was Martin Van Buren |
Andrew Jackson Timeline of important Events |