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| 1800 |
| | | US president John Adams moves into the newly completed White House, named for its light grey limestone | |
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| 1800 |
| | | Republican Thomas Jefferson and Federalist Aaron Burr have an identical number of Electoral College votes in the US presidential election | |
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| 1801 |
| | | The US House of Representatives votes for Jefferson as president, after a dead heat between him and Burr in the Electoral College | |
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| 1803 |
| | | In the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson buys from Napoleon nearly a million square miles at a knock-down price, doubling the size of the USA | |
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| 1807 |
| | | Thomas Jefferson puts an embargo on US exports, hoping to damage the economy of France and Britain | |
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| 1808 |
| | | Republican candidate James Madison wins the US presidential election, defeating Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Damage to US trade by British orders in council prompts war (the War of 1812) between the two nations | |
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| 1813 |
| | | American forces push north into Canada and enter York (the modern Toronto), burning the parliament buildings and archives | |
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| 1814 |
| | | British forces enter Washington, burning the Capitol and the president's new house | |
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| 1814 |
| | | Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812 | |
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