1809:
- Robert Fulton's Clermont steamboat successfully travelled up the Hudson River, revolutionizing river transportation.
1810:
- John Jacob Astor founded Astoria, the first American settlement at the mouth of the Columbia River, on the Pacific coast.
1811:
- Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston's "New Orleans" steamboat travelled down the Mississippi River, demonstrating the practicality of steamboats for inland transportation.
1814:
- Francis Scott Key wrote the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
1816:
- The Second Bank of the United States was chartered by Congress to help stabilize the nation's economy.
1817:
- Erie Canal, connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, opened, transforming transportation and trade in the Eastern United States.