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4th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His opinions helped lay the basis for the United States constitutional law.
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Capital city: Dover. Was the first state to ratify the United States constitution. (Source to all states on this timeline: http://www.50states.com)
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The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776. Harrisburg is its capital city.
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Capital city: Trenton.
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Capital city: Atlanta. On January 19, 1861, Georgia joined the Confederacy.
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Capital city: Hartford. Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment.
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Capital city: Boston. Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush.
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Capital city: Annapolis. In 1774, one of the first calls to freedom from british rule was given.
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Capital city: Columbia.
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Capital city: Concord. New Hampshire declared its independance first out of the thirteen original colonies from mother England; six months before the declaration of independance was signed.
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Capital city: Richmond. Jamestown was the first English settlement in the U.S. It was also the first capital of Virginia.
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Capital city: Albany. The oldest cattle ranch in the US was started in 1747 at Montauk on Long Island.
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As the first president, served April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797. His greatest accomplishment was being commander-in-chief leading him to victory in the revolutionary war.
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Capital city: Raleigh. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill is the oldest State University in the United States.
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Capital city: Providence. Rhode Island was the last of the original thirteen colonies to become a state.
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Took place western Pennsylvania. Was a tax protest that went on in the United States.
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Capital city: Montpelier. Vermont was the first state admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution.
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Capital city: Frankfort. Kentucky is where Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were born.
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Capital city: Nashville. Tennessee got its name as the volunteer state during the war of 1812.
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A letter written by the first American president, George Washington. Written to the people of the United States of America.
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Was the 2nd president of the United States. Earlier before served as the first Vice President of the United States.
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Four bills that were passed by the federalists in the 5th United States congress and then signed into law by the authority of president John Adams in 1798. This was the cause of the French Revolution.
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Was the 3rd president of the United States. Started March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809. Died July 4, 1826.
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Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review.
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Capital city: Columbus.
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The acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803.
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Set out on an expedition across the Louisiana territory. Along their findings, they have come across unknown people, and harsh conditions. (Source: http://lewisclark.net/a/locations)
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4th president of the United States. He was also an American statesman, and political theorist. Born: March 16, 1751, Port Conway, VA.
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Capital city: Baton Rouge. The battle of New Orleans was fought two weeks after the war of 1812. Louisiana was named after King Louis XIV.
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A war conflict involving the United States and the British. Started June 18, 1812-December 24, 1814.
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Capital city: Indianapolis. Abraham Lincoln moved to Indiana at age 7. Louis and clark set out from fort Vincennes, Indiana.
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The 5th president of the United States. He was the last president who was a founding father and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and republican generation. Died: July 4, 1831, New York City, NY
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Capital city: Jackson.
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Was a landmark decision made by the United States Supreme Court dealing with the application of the contract clause of the United States constitution.
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Capital city: Springfield. Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy and Alton hosted the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that stirred interest all over the country in the slavery issue.
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Was a landmark decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Capital city: Montgomery. The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.
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A federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territorys.
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Capital city: Augusta. Maine is the only state that shares its border with only one other state.
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Capital city: Jefferson City. Jefferson City was named for Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States.
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(Date day unknown)Best known U.S policy for Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by president James Monroe on December 1823.
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(Date Above unknown > March, 10)A landmark decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States in which they held that the power to regulate interstate commerce.
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Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767. 6th president of the United States. He was president from March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829. He was the first president to be the son of a president (source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/johnquincyadams)
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The 7th president of the United States. He was born into an immigrated scots-Irish farming family. Born: March 15, 1767, Waxhaws.
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( date day 10 unknown )Was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton county, Virginia. This was led by Nat Turner.
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Capital city: Little Rock. The diamond is the official state gem. It was designated in 1967.
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Capital city: Lansing. Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
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8th president of the United States. Began March 4, 1837- March 4. 1841. Was a member of the Democratic Party, also served in a number of senior roles.
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Part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal party. Took place in 1838 and 1839. The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi river.
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The 9th president of the United States. Began as president on March 4, 1841- April 4, 1841. He was an American military officer, and politician. He was the last president born as a British subject. He was the first president however who died in his office.
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The 10th president of the United States. He was president from April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845. He was elected Vice President on the 1849 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison.
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Capital city: Tallahassee. Gatorade was named after the University of Florida Gators where the drink was first developed.
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11th president of the United States. He was president from March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849. He was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, then later represented Tennessee.
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Capital city: Austin. The state was an independent nation from 1836 to 1845.
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Capital city: Des Moines. Iowa's longest and highest bridge crosses Lake Red Rock.
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Capital city: Madison. The first typewriter was designed in Milwaukee.
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The 12th president of the United States. He was a career officer in the U.S army before he later became president.
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13th president of the United States. He was also the last Whig president. He was also the last president not to be affiliated with either the democratic or republican parties.
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Capital city: Sacramento.
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14th president of the United States. Was a northern democrat. He was president from March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857.
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The 15th president of the United States. Served prior to the American civil war. Was president from March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861.
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Was a landmark decision made by the U.S Supreme Court. The court held that African Americans could not be American citizens whether they were a slave or free.
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Capital city: Saint Paul. The stapler was invented in Spring Valley, Minnesota.
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Capital city: Salem. Oregon has the most ghost towns out of all other states.
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16th president of the United States. Was later assassinated in April 15, 1865.
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The colonies of East Florida and west Florida stay loyal to the British at the time of the war for American independance.
