1800-1876 By AmericanDodge 1803 Ohio becomes the 17th State of the US 1807 slave importation is banned but ignored by southern states 1811 Slave uprising in New Orleans ultimately fails and costs many lives 1820 The US becomes the biggest cotton producer in the world 1827 New York passes law emancipating slaves 1830 Baltimore opens the US's first railroad station 1831 "The Liberator" by William Lloyd Garrison begins its publishment 1837 US recognizes Texas as independent while Mexico does not 1848 A gold rush begins in central California 1863 Emancipation proclamation by Abraham Lincoln becomes law 1876 Alexander Grambell invents telephone