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High-pressure Steam Engine
Richard Trevithick developes high-pressure steam engine. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson becomes American President -
Steam Tug
A steam tug designed by William Symington, the Charlotte Dundas, goes into service on the Forth and Clyde canal -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon sells Louisiana to America to finance his wars -
Alexander Hamilton Injured
Alexander Hamilton is fatally wounded by a bullet to the head in a duel with his political adversary Aaron Burr -
Rockies through the Pacific
Lewis and Clark make their way through the Rockies and reach the Pacific -
Lewis and Clark return
Lewis and Clark get back to St Louis with a wealth of information about the unopened west of the continent. -
slave trade abolished
Legislation abolishing the slave trade is passed in both Britain and America -
The Clermont launched
US engineer Robert Fulton launches a steamboat, the Clermont, on New York's Hudson river -
Embargo on US exports
Thomas Jefferson puts an embargo on US exports, hoping to damage the economy of France and Britain -
Tecumseh's base attacked
An American army attacks and destroys Tecumseh's base at Prophetstown. -
Push into Canada
American forces push north into Canada and enter York (the modern Toronto), burning the parliament buildings and archives -
American Warships win victory
American warships win a victory over the British on Lake Erie, strengthening the US presence in the Great Lakes. -
Colony for freed American slaves established in Liberia
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freed slaves
The first shipload of freed slaves reaches Cape Mesurado (in the region soon called Liberia) from the USA -
Monroe Doctrine
US president James Monroe warns European nations against interfering in America, in the policy which becomes known as the Monroe Doctrine. -
Republican Party splits
The Republican party in the USA splits into National Republicans and Democratic Republicans -
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die
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Long distance US railway
The first long-distance US railway, in South Carolina, carries its first passengers. -
Whig Party
The opponents of US president Andrew Jackson, mockingly called King Andrew, become known as the Whig party -
seizure of Texas
Sam Houston destroys a Mexican army near the San Jacinto river, completing the seizure of Texas from Mexico -
Electric Telegraph
US inventor Samuel Morse gives the first public demonstration, in Philadelphia, of his electric telegraph -
Great Removal
Five American Indian tribes are forcibly escorted to a new Indian Territory west of the Mississippi in the process that becomes known as the Great Removal -
Nauvoo
Joseph Smith and the Mormons create the thriving town of Nauvoo in Illinois on the Mississippi -
Irish
The Irish, fleeing from the potato famine at home, become the main group of immigrants to the USA. -
Texas
Texas becomes part of America after wars with Mexico -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln becomes President of America -
Start of American Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address speech
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End of American Civil War
End of American Civil War -
Abolition of slavery in America
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America buys Alaska from Russia
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Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone