1825 in the United States

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February 9 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
February 12 - Treaty of Indian Springs: The Lower Creek Council, led by William McIntosh, cede a large amount of Creek territory in Georgia to the United States government.
March 4 - John Quincy Adams officially succeeds James Monroe as President of the United States.
May 11 - American Tract Society, is founded.
May 31 - McIntosh assassinated for violating Creek law banning land cessions.
June - Kansas Nation cedes its territory to the United States (See History of Kansas)
June 11 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
August 19 - Treaty of Prairie du Chien at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
October 26 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie
November 7 - Treaty of St. Louis: 1,400 Missouri Shawnees were forcibly relocated from Missouri to Kansas. (See History of Kansas)
November 12 - New Echota designated capital of the Cherokee Nation.
November 26 - At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society as the first college social fraternity (it was the first to combine aspects of secret Greek-letter societies, literary societies and formalized student social groups).