Industrial Revolution

James Monroe 5th president of the United States, elected in 1820 Monroe Doctrine Future colonization by Europeans in the area promised to the United States was forbidden United States would not take part in European wars

New Technology Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the late 1700s and slowly moved to the U.S. Quicker ways to manufacture muskets for the army Machinery for farmers Machinery to mass produce goods like cloth

New Transportation Erie Canal connected New York with the Great Lakes and opened in 1825 New York City became the largest city in the country and a center for trade Steam powered engines paved the way for the first railraods

John Quincy Adams 6th president Wonderful diplomat who was fought in his policies by his Congress Very opposed to any U.S. involvement in the problems of other countries

Phyllis Wheatley The first important African American poet She was kidnapped from Africa at age eight and brought to the colonies The people she was sold to taught her to read and write She eventually published her own poetry collection

Andrew Jackson A war hero of 1812, he was the first president elected from a state west of the Appalachian mountains He had little formal education and ran as “the common man” winning by a landslide