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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated for his first term as President of the United States.
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R.Fulton sells the first steam boat on the Hudson River
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James Madison is inaugurated
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William H. arrison gained the victory in this battle against the British and the Native Americans.
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A French-British dispute that got the U.S. involved with the French while the Native Americans joined the British side. The end of the war brought changes to America.
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Steamboat was created by Robert Fulton
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Enacted to protect American manufacturing against the flood of British goods entering the market.
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James becomes 5th President
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Sets the boundary between U.S and Canada at the 49th Parallel.
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First major depression, this panic is brought on by an abrupt drop in world agr. prices.
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Congress reaches a compromise on the Missouri question. All states north of 36' 30 are free, while those south of that line remain slave states.
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Pennsylvania anti-kidnapping law to protect free blacks.
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the South Carolina Nullification Convention declares the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void, and threatens to secede the union if the federal government attempts to collect the tariffs.
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Inaugurated as 11th president
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Concluded Mexican War
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Inaugurated as President
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Kansas and Nebraska would be admitted into the Union under popular sovereignty. This act led to violent disputes in Kansas over slavery which became known as "Bloody Kansas".
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15th Presidential Inauguration
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General Lee, surrenders his 27,000 man army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the four years of Civil War conflict.
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An economic depression begins when the New York stock market crashed, setting off a financial panic that caused bank failures.
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The Civil Rights Act, giving equal rights to blacks in jury duty and accommodation, is passed by the United States Congress.