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April 26 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war. May 14 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war ...
1846 – Dred Scott sues for his freedom; 1846 – The Mexican–American War begins; 1846 – Bear Flag revolt in Alta California, which is momentarily independent. 1846 – Iowa becomes a state; 1846 – Wilmot Proviso; 1846 – The United States and Great Britain sign the Oregon Treaty
1846 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1846th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 846th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1840s decade. As of the start of 1846, the ...
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.
During and after the American Revolution, events and statements by politicians and others brought forth differences, tensions and divisions between citizens of the slave states of the Southern United States and citizens of the free states of the Northern United States (including several newly admitted Western states) over the topics of slavery ...
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.
Issues of slavery in the new territories acquired in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) were temporarily resolved by the Compromise of 1850. One provision, the Fugitive Slave Law , sparked intense controversy, as revealed in the enormous interest in the plight of the escaped slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin , an 1852 anti-slavery novel and play.
February 18 – The American Party (Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. March 6 – Maryland Agricultural College (present-day University of Maryland, College Park) is chartered.