Completed his studies by working in the law office of John Stokes for a period of six months in 1786.

Admitted to the North Carolina bar in September 1787.

Served in the Continental army in 1780, where he acted as a messenger to Colonel William Davis.

Acted as Tennessee's first U.S. representative from 1796-1797.

Acted was appointed a U.S. Senator from Tennessee in 1797, but he disliked the sluggish pace of Congress, and he resigned after only five months.

Judge of the Tennessee Superior Court from 1798-1804.

Became an unwitting accomplice to the Burr conspiracy of 1805-1806 while serving as the major general of Tennessee from 1802-1806, but disassociated from Burr when he heard of the conspiracy.

Appointed the major general of U.S. Volunteers in 1812, he led 2,500 Tennessee volunteers against the Creek Indians in October 1813. In November 1813, he defeated a force of 1,000 Indians at Talladega; and in March 1814, he crushed the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend.

Promoted to major general in the regular army in May 1814, he captured the Florida city of Pensacola in November 1814. He then marched to New O

Jackson's supporters accused Adams of striking a "corrupt bargain" with Henry Clay, stealing the presidency of 1824 from Jackson.

In 1835, Samuel Colt premiered his 6-bullet colt revolver handgun, the first practical repeating firearm.

B. In 1831, Samuel Francis Smith, a theology student, wrote the patriotic poem "America," to be sung to the tune of the British National Anthem.

C. "The New York Herald," a penny paper intended to have, according to its publisher, James Gordon Bennet, "industry, good taste, brevity, variety, point, and piquancy," was founded on May 6, 1835.

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