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Thomas Jefferson is elected president
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Jefferson buys Louisiana purchase for 15 million dollars
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Lewis and Clark began the expedition on the orders of thomas Jefferson and they followed the mississippi.
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Thomas Jefferson is elected again for the second time and lewis and clark reach the pacific ocean
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Lewis and Clark began journey home in march and got back in september
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In march of 1807 congress outlawed importing slave but it didn't take hold until january.
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James madison is elected president defeating pinckney.
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William Henry Harrison defeated tecumseh at the battle of tippencanoe.
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It was caused by british restriction of sea trade was not really nessacary but it helped america set a reputation as actually being a country in and of itself. It also opened up expansion for the U.S.
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Monroe was elected president defeating rufus king.
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allowed slavery in the missouri territory but no where west of the mississppi and missouri was allowed into the union because if it.
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An Idea suggested by james monroe that America is no longer able to be colonized.
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John Quincy adams is elected president in march and John C. Calhoun is his vice President
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In New York Slavery is abolished for good.
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Andrew Jackson is elected president replacing adams
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Congress approves the indian removal act in order to procede with westward expansion. And the trail of tears
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A slave rebellion lead by Nat Turner in which he killed 57 white citizens.
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The six year campaign known as the trail of tears begins in which mainly cherokee indians with some others are forced out of their land and put on reservations.
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Andrew Jackson pushes the force bill to put a stop to the nullification crisis in south carolina.
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It started with battle of gonzales where mexican soldiers were trying to disarm texas people they were met with resistence. Then the loss at the battle of the alamo which lasted 13 days and finally the end of the texas revolution with the battle of san jacinto.
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Samuel Morse demonstrated the telegraph and developed the morse code system he did not get it patented until 1840 however
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James Polk defeats henry clay for president
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Texas congress voted for the annexation to the united states texas becomes the 20th state.
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President Polk orders Major General Taylor to take back disputed texas land this begins a war. Battle of mexico is fought for 7 days in 1847 and treaty of guadalupe hadalgo ended the war and we got arizona colorado nevada utah new mexico and california
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This allowed california to be admitted as a free state and the 31st and utah and new mexico are now undecided territories.
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Allowed slavery to be decided by a vote of the people.
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supreme court ruled that slavery cannot be banned in a territory and slaves cannot be free when transported into a free state and they could not be elligible as citizenship.
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In 186 Abraham lincoln becomes president. As a result of this South Carolina sucedes from the union
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11 states sucede from the union to form the Confederacy
the battle of fort sumter occurs where the fort was captured by the confederacy
Battle of bull run which showed onlookers that the union was actually in for a long haul -
Known as the bloodiest day in the civil war many union and confederate soldiers were killed and it stopped the confederate advancement to the north also it allowed for the emanicipation proclimation.
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The victories for the union forces at the battle of gettysburg and the vicksburg campaign were two major turning points in the outcome of the civil war.
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Battles of wilderness and spotsylvania fought by Grant´s and Lee´s forces in may
Battle of tupalo mississippi in july was fought by the forces of general sherman and lt. General Forrest
In september Union forces take fort harris from the confederacy -
-Lees surrender at appomaduxx courthouse end of the civil war
-Lincoln is assanated at fords theater
-13th amendment takes affect abolishing slavery -
congress pass a law protecting african americans but it was vetoed by johnson also over ruled by congress
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Grant would be elected defeating horatio seymore
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The territory of wyoming passes the first womens sufferage law
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Yellowstone national park established by grant.
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Civil rights act giving black people right to jury duty but this would be overturned in 1883
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Government ordered all native americans to be forced onto reservations this would lead to the great su war of 1876