1817                 Documents in Year 1818                      1819


Links of Interest:

  • James Monroe, Fifth U.S. President

  • (1817-1825)

  • Design of the United States flag was set, adding stars but no more stripes for new states.

  • Statehood

    Illinois (21 of 50 States) Admitted 3 Dec 1818

  • Native Americans:

  • Creek War 1813-14 and 1817-18 between U.S. and Creek Indians (southeast)
    Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996

  • Technology/Transportation:

    Debate over Federal Government building a National Road to the West. Road begun 1818 from Cumberland to Wheeling, West Virginia.

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