Events from the year 1815 in the United States. As news slowly spread of the Treaty of Ghent (1814) ending the War of 1812, battles between American and British forces continued in the early months of the year.

The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849 —also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson —involved westward expansion across the American continent, the proliferation of suffrage to nearly all white men, and the rise of the Second Party System of politics between Democrats and Whigs.

The history of the United States from 1789 to 1815 was marked by the nascent years of the American Republic under the new U.S. Constitution. George Washington was elected the first president in 1789.

This war ended in 1815 and if nothing else it convinced Britain that the United States was on the map to stay. Meanwhile, Americans began to develop a culture and way of life that was truly their own and no longer that of mere colonials.

The Convention of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain sets the border between the United States and Canada at the forty-ninth parallel and establishes joint occupation of Oregon. Gen. Andrew Jackson invades Florida to suppress the Seminoles.

Postwar nationalism found its political expression in the decisions of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, that interpreted the Constitution to strengthen the federal government, and in the diplomacy of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, under whose direction the United States formally annexed Florida from Spain and reached...

By 1815, peace had come to the United States. American and British officials signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814, to end the War of 1812 (1812–15). The treaty halted hostilities and restored U.S. boundaries that existed before the war.

Events from the year 1815 in the United States. War of 1812 ends. President: James Madison (DR-VA) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: John Marshall (VA) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Langdon Cheves (DR-SC) (until March 4), Henry Clay (DR-KY) (starting December 4) Congress: 13th...

Timeline 1815-1851 Following the War of 1812, a stronger sense of national unity emerged in the United States. As America expanded westward, however, attempts to spread slavery into those new territories seriously divided the nation.

History Map of the United States 1815-1845 illustrating Westward Expansion, American Forts with year in which it was established, Adams-Onis Treaty Line of 1819.