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Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence. The Continental Congress ratifies the declaration by the United States of its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
It was ratified by the Continental Congress on January 14, 1784. ending the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. -
Constitutional Convention
The Federal Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787. It addred problems in governing the United States of America -
First US Bank
This bank was very important becasue it started the currency system. The bank is even used today. -
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney. The Cotton Gin was a machine that could clean seeds from 50 pounds of cotton in a day. Farmers would take a day for one pound. The Cotton Gin changed the lives of the workers. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A federal excise tax on whiskey was passed by the government in the United States. The tax created confllicts for farmers in Pennsylvania. The Whiskey Rebellion tested the powers of taxation in America. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France paying them $15 million. The territory included 828,000 square miles. -
Missouri Compromise
The US added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It allowed slavery to be prohibited in the Louisiana Territory north of 36°30' north latitude. -
Lehigh Canal
The Lehigh Canal started in 1818 and was completed in 1829. It shipped more than 2 million tons of anthracite annually and a record 5 million tons of coal. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
In 1831 a slave named Nat Turner led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. Many people were beheaded and their heads were left to warn others about the situation. Turner and 16 other people were captured and executed. -
Cumberland Road
It was the first federal highway in the United States and the main route to the Northwest Territory. The road started in Cumberland, and eventually reachedd, Illinois. -
The Oregon Territory
The Oregon Territory started at the Pacific coast to the Rocky Mountains, and what is now Oregon, Washington, and most of British Columbia. -
First Women's Rights Convention
It changed life for women forever, giving them more freedom and rights to change the daily lives of women forever. -
Christiana Riot
In Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of African Americans and white abolitionists swanted to capture four fugitive slaves. One member was killed and two others wounded during the fight. In the end, thirtyseven African Americans and one white man were arrested and charged with treason under the Fugitive Slave Law. -
Pennsylvania Railroad
It was chartered on April 13, 1846, and completed to Pittsburgh by 1852. In 1860 there was 2,598 miles of train tracks. The railroads in Pennsylvania led all other states to the start of the Civil War.
