History

By eostendorf

  • The First Spinning Mill

    Built by Samuel Slater and Moses Brown and the beginning of the industrial revolution.

  • Cotton Gin

    The Cotton Gin revived the demand for slaves.

  • US moves to Washington DC

    Moved to a central location, not in a state

  • Presidents

    George Washington,John Adams,Thomas Jefferson,James Madison, James Monroe,John Quincy Adams,and Andrew Jackson

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Bought from France for 15 million
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Purpose was to study wildlife and to make maps to the Pacific.
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    War of 1812

    US was fighting British and the Indians and the British gave aid to the Native Americans in the Northwest Territory.

  • Battle of New Orleans

    Took place 2 weeks after the end of the War of 1812.

  • MO Compromise

    Maine became a no slave state and Missouri became a slave state.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    Message to the world that Americas were closed to colonization.

  • Erie Canal

    Was built to connect The Erie Lake to the Hudson River.

  • Indian Removal Act

    17,000 Indians were faced to move to Oklahoma from Georgia. 4,000 Indians died along the way.

  • Oregon Trail

    Was a long trail and many people died along the trail. It connected the Missouri River to prairies and valleys near it.

  • The Gadsen Purchase

    The last portion of the continental US.

  • Southern Citizens

    1/4 of southern citizens owned slaves.

  • Interchangeable parts

    Eli Whitney came up with the idea of interchangeable parts.