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Lewis and Clark expedition reaches Pacific
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Embargo act passed
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Pacific Fur Company opens - Jacob Agfer
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US declares war on GB, Indians under Tecumseh fight on British side
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Tecumseh is killed in Battle of Thanes
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Treaty of Ghent signed
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Seminoles attack white settlers, possibly setting pretext
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Kickapo Indian move west
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Sugar Creeks first acquired formal government institutions when the Illinois legislature included it in the new county of Sangamon
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Ceded land through Treaty of Prairie du chien, the tribes that ceded the land were the Ottawa, Chippewa, the Potawatomi
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Blackhawk War, Abe Lincoln participated
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First time we see women having more duties than just being a wife
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Indian Removal Bill - congress to forcibly resettle Indian tribes to territory West of the Mississippi
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Springfield harsh winter, many died
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Seminole Indians fight 7 years to resist being removed
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Women could get divorced in Sugar Creek - first divorce case
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Trail of Tears
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Mexican War begins
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influx of birth of males
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Compromise of 1850 by Henry Clay
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Dakota War of 1862, conflict between the US and the Dakota Indians took place in Mankato
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Abe Lincoln from Illinois was elected for President