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The president of Congress, John Hancock, and its secretary, Charles Thompson, immediately signed the handwritten draft, which was dispatched to nearby printers.
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Effectively ending the American Revolution with the colonists victorious
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Officially ended the American Revolution
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The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south. The upper Mississippi River formed the Territory's western boundary.
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Written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison in support of the ratification of the US Constitution
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The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement.
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Establishment of the Bank of the United States was part of a three-part expansion of federal fiscal and monetary power, along with a federal mint and excise taxes, championed by Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton believed a national bank was necessary to stabilize and improve the nation's credit, and to improve handling of the financial business of the United States government under the newly enacted Constitution.
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Amendments 1-10 of the US Constitution are approved by all states.
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Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition by President Jefferson to explore the western territory. This would help with Manifest Destiny.
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Robery Fulton invented the steamboat and made transportation quicker.
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Washington D.C. and the White House are burned down by the British.
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Slavery became prohibited in all of the Louisiana Territory with the exception of Missouri
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Stated that European countries could not try to intervene and recolonize their former holdings in the Western Hemisphere
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People begin traveling the Oregon Trail around 1830.
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