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John Adams is elected President
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Alien and Sedition Act
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Thomas Jefferson Republican from Virginia
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Congress prohibits importing of African slaves
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James Madison Republican from Virginia
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War of 1812. Forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire.
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Abraham Lincoln Republican from Illinois
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Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves
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World War One begins: Germany invades Belgium
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President Woodrow WiIson put forth his Fourteen Points proposal for ending the war in a speech. In it he established the basis of a peace treaty and the foundation of a League of Nations.
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