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First mill built in Lowell, Massachusetts
The mill was built for manufacturing textiles. -
Patent issued for the Cotton Gin
When using the cotten gin it sped up the production of cleaning cotten by 50 times. Since you could plant more cotten and clean it faster you would need a lot more slaves. -
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Lewis and Clark expedition
When Lewis and Clark explorded the Louisana Territory. -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was when the Cherokee Indians were moved out of their land. -
Gold Discovered at Sutter's Mill
The Gold Rush was when a ton of people moved to California to dig for gold, but never got rich from it. When the word of gold got out 250,000 poeple moved to California. -
Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty was so thar America could get california, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. That would dd a total of 525,000 miles to America.