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An enslaved African American blacksmith organizes a slave revolt, this leads to the slave laws in Virginia to be more strict.
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The U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated to be the third president of the United States.
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The United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory. This territory extends west from the Mississippi River all the way to the Rocky Mountains.
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James Madison is inaugurated as the fourth president of the United States.
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The U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion. The Treaty of Ghent is signed in 1814 officially ending the war.
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James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president of the United States.
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Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.
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President Monroe declares that the American continents are henceforth off-limits for further colonization by European powers.
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John Qunicy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president of the United States.
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as the seventh president of the United States.
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President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act. This authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country to lands west of the Mississippi River.
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
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The U.S. declares war on Mexico in an effort to gain California and other territories in the Southwest. The war concludes with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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