1826 Jedediah Strong Smith led expedition to Mexican-held California
First lyceum in America established at Millbury, Massachusetts
1828 Democrat Andrew Jackson first elected to presidency
Travel by railroad began
Strike of textile workers in Paterson, New Jersey, quelled by militia
Sarah Josepha Hale became editor of the Ladies' Magazine
Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language first published
Concord Lyceum formed
1829 Publication of Encyclopedia Americana began (continued until 1833)
James Marsh's edition of Coleridge's Aids to Reflection, including "Preliminary Essay" on German philosophy, published
1830 Mexico passed restrictive immigration laws
William Ellery Channing's Remarks on American Literature published
Charles Follen made professor of German literature at Harvard
1831 William Lloyd Garrison established The Liberator in Boston
Term Underground Railroad first used
1832 Democrat Andrew Jackson reelected to presidency
New England Anti-Slavery Society founded in Boston
American Anti-Slavery Society established in Philadelphia
First clipper ship built in Baltimore
Horsecar introduced in New York
Emerson rejected practice of Lord's Supper and left pastorate
Emerson's first trip abroad (returned 1833)
1834 Andrew Jackson's political opposition formed Whig Party
Emerson moved to Concord
Bronson Alcott established Temple School in Boston (continued until 1838)
James Walker's "The Philosophy of Man's Spiritual Nature in Regard to the Foundation of Faith" published in The Christian Examiner
