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Te U.S capital is moved fro Philadelphia to Washington D.C as part of a plan to appease pro-slavery states who feared the northern capital. -
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Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as the 3rd president of the united states after defeating John Adams in the election -
The US pays $15 million for the purchase of Louisiana from France. -
Louis and Clark set out on their expedition to explore the west and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. -
U.S declares war on the British over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion. -
Francis Scott Key writes the star spangled banner as he watches British attack on Fort McHenry at Baltimore. -
In an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states, Maine is admitted as a free state so Missouri can be admitted as a slave state. -
President Monroe declares that the American continents are off limits for further colonization by European powers. -
President Jackson signed the Indian removal act which authorized the removal of Native Americans living in the Eastern part of the country to lands west of the Mississippi river, -
Harriet Tubman used the underground railroad to escape slavery and helped many more slaves escape through the underground railroad.