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the first high pressure steam engine was made
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Thomas Jefferson became president of the united states
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Napoleon sells Louisiana to america to help finance his war
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slave trade was abolished in Britain
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British forces burn Washington before negotiating peace for Canada
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first railroad was opened
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Mexican war
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Gadsden Purchase
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Abraham Lincoln is elected as president
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confederate states are formed
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cival war