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In 1565, the Spanish built St. Augustine, in Florida.
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In 1607, the English founded Jamestown, in Virginia.
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The French built New Orleans on the Mississippi River in 1718.
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By the early 1800s, the United States had two major economic regions—the North and the South.
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In 1819, Arkansas became a territory of the United States.
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In fact, by 1819, slavery was outlawed in all Northern states.In 1819, the 11 Southern states allowed slavery. The 11 Northern states did not. In that year, Missouri asked to join the United States as a slave state.
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Then, in 1820,Henry Clay, a member of Congress from Kentucky, found a solution. Missouri would join the nation as a slave state. Maine would join as a free state.
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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President.
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On April 12, 1861, fighting broke out between Confederate and Union soldiers in Charleston, South Carolina.
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On April 9, 1865, the leader of the Confederate army,Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant.
