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Special Session
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Quinault Treaty
A treaty agreement between the United States and the Native American Quinault and Quileute tribes located in the western Olympic Peninsula north of Grays Harbor, in the recently-formed Washington Territory. -
Point No Point Treaty
The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855 at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S'Klallam, the Chimakum, and the Skokomish tribes. Under the terms of the treaty, the original inhabitants of northern Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic Peninsula were to cede ownership of their land in exchange for small reservations in Hood Canal and a payment of $60,000. -
Comstock Lode discovered the western Utah Territory
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First oil well was drilled in the United States
First time oil was drilled in the US. It was near Titusville, Pennsylvania. -
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John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
An attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859. Brown's raid was defeated by a detachment of U.S. Marines led by Col. Robert E. Lee. -
John Brown's execution
Execution of White abolitionist John Brown after his raid on Harpers Ferry. -
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1st Session
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Indian Appropriations (actual title in description)
An act making Appropriations for fulfilling Treaty Stipulations with the Ponca Indians, and with certain Bonds of Indians in State of Oregon and Territory of Washington, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty. -
Pony Express began its first run
First run of the mail service that would eventually become the United States Postal Service. -
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Special Session
Called by President Buchanan. -
Presidential Election
Abraham Lincoln would win the election, beating out John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell. -
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2nd Session
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Ordinances of Secession
All confederate states officially seceded from the United States. -
Kansas
Kansas admitted as a state. Kansas was admitted to the United States as a slave-free state on January 29, 1861, making it the 34th state to enter the Union. By that time the violence in Kansas had largely subsided. -
Non-interference Resolution
The U.S. House unanimously passed a resolution guaranteeing non-interference with slavery in any state. -
Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory Organized. The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado. -
Morrill Tariff
Protective tariff written to raise rates to protect and encourage industry and the high wages of industrial workers. It replaced the low Tariff of 1857, which was written to benefit the South. -
Nevada Territory
Nevada Territory Organized. The Territory of Nevada was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada. -
Dakota Territory
Dakota Territory Organized. The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.
