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Gabriel Prosser (enslaved African American blacksmith) organizes a slave revolt intending to march on Richmond, Virginia
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U.S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.
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U.S. Congress meets in Washington, DC, for the first time.
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Marbury v. Madison: Landmark Supreme Court decision expands the power of the Court by establishing its right to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
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Louisiana Purchase: the United States agrees to pay France $15 million for the Louisiana Territory
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, Mo., on an expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean
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War of 1812: the U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion
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The Treaty of Ghent is signed, officially ending the war of 1812
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Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States
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Missouri Compromise: an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states, slavery is prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30'
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Erie Canal: links the Hudson River to Lake Erie opens for traffic
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Nat Turner: (enslaved African American preacher) leads the most significant slave uprising in American history
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Texas declares Independence from Mexico
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The term “manifest destiny” appears for the first time in a magazine article by John L. O'Sullivan, expresses the belief held by many white Americans that the United States is destined to expand across the continent
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America declares War in an effort to gain California and another territory in the Southwest
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Harriet Tubman becomes one of the most influential figures in the Underground Railroad
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