1831 William Lloyd Garrison introduces a new newspaper called The Liberator, dedicated to the abolition of slavery.
1831 Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Virginia that resulted in the death of 50 whites.
1832 Andrew Jackson re-elected as President. Chooses Martin Van Buren as V.P.
1833 John Deere patents the steel plow.
1833 Oberlin College founded in Ohio, becomes the first co-ed college in America.
1834 Cyrus McCormick introduces the mechanical reaper.
1835 21 year-old Samuel Colt receives patent for the revolving pistol – a six-shooter.
1835 New Orleans enhances public transportation by providing steam streetcars for its residents.
1836 All Texas rebels killed at the Alamo. Sam Houston and his men later capture General Santa Anna and gain independence from Mexico.
1837 Panic brings about an economic depression in the United States.
1837 Martin Van Buren inaugurated as America’s 8th president.
1837 Smallpox epidemic wipes out thousands of lives in the Dakota Territory – mostly the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara.
1837 Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy slain while defending his printing press from an angry mob.
1838 18,000 Cherokee Indians driven from their land in tragedy known as “The Trail of Tears”.
1839 Charles Goodyear discovers, by accident, a method for vulcanizing rubber.
1839 Military cadet, Abner Doubleday, records the rules for a new game called Baseball.