Author:   John Quincy Adams Date:1841 Annotation: Abolitionists persuaded former President John Quincy Adams to represent the…

Author:   Kale Date:1841 Annotation: This is a letter from a child who was an Amistad captive. Document: Westville,…

Author:   Kinna Date:1841 Annotation: This is a letter from an Amistad captive. Document: Westville Jan. 4th 1841 Dear…

Date:1839 Annotation: In 1845, John L. O’Sullivan (1813-1895), editor of the Democratic Review, referred in his magazine…

Author:   Stephen F. Austin Date:1836 Annotation: Stephen F. Austin defends Texas’ Declaration of Independence. Document: It is with…

Author:   Andrew Jackson Date:1835 Annotation: President Andrew Jackson defends his policy of Indian removal. Document: The plan of…

Date:1835 Annotation: This declaration announced the colonist’s intention to fight for the restoration of the Constitution of 1824…

Author:   John Marshall Date:1832 Annotation: Supreme Court ruling on state jurisdiction over Indian lands. Document: MARSHALL, C. J….

Date:1831 Annotation: In 1831 the US Supreme Court issued a judgment that defined Native Americans as “domestic dependant…

Date:1830 Annotation: An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of…

Author:   John Marshall Date:1824 Annotation: This court decision established that the Constitution defines federal power to regulate…

Author:   James Monroe Date:1823 Annotation: The United States not only feared European intervention in Florida, but…

Author:   James Madison Date:1819 Annotation: In a direct attack on the new national bank, Maryland actually…

Author:   James Monroe Date:1815 Annotation: Ironically, American and British negotiators in Ghent, Belgium, signed a peace…

Date:1815 Annotation: Newspaper articles after the War of 1812. Document: New York Evening Post, 13 February 1815 On Saturday…

Date:1813 Annotation: Newspaper article Document: Columbian Centinel, 13 January 1813 North of the Delaware, there is among all who…