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Cincinnati riots of 1855. April – Cincinnati riots of 1855: Tension between nativists and German-American immigrants in Cincinnati breaks out into territorial street fighting on election day. May 17 – The Mount Sinai Hospital is dedicated (as the Jews' Hospital) in New York City; it opens to patients on June 5.
1835 – Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America published. 1835 – Second Seminole War begins in Florida as members of the Seminole tribe resist relocation. 1836 – Creek War of 1836; 1836 – Samuel Colt invents the revolver. 1836 – Original "gag rule" imposed when U.S. House of Representatives bars discussion of antislavery petitions.
Pierce began by noting the stability and peace enjoyed by the United States compared to the conflicts troubling Europe. He expressed relief that the nation had remained free from external wars and internal strife, though he cautioned about unresolved disputes with Great Britain over Central American interests, particularly the Bay Islands and British influence over the Mosquito Coast.
Map of the British and French settlements in North America in 1750, before the French and Indian War. Pontiac's Rebellion, 1763–1767; Royal Proclamation of 1763, October 7, 1763 British Indian Reserve, October 7, 1763 – September 3, 1783; War of the Regulation, 1764–1771; Spain establishes El Presidio Reál de San Diego in California, May ...
1855 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1855th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 855th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1855, the ...
The Puget Sound War was an armed conflict that took place in the Puget Sound area of the state of Washington in 1855–56, between the United States military, local militias and members of the Native American tribes of the Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Puyallup, and Klickitat.
The transformation America underwent was not so much political democratization but rather the explosive growth of technologies and networks of infrastructure and communication, including with the telegraph, railroads, the post office, and an expanding print industry.
In 1855, elections were held for the territorial legislature. While there were only 1,500 legal voters, migrants from Missouri swelled the population to over 6,000. The result was that a pro-slavery majority was elected to the legislature. Free-soilers were so outraged that they set up their own delegates in Topeka.