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Ohio Becomes The 17th US state
The date of March 1, 1803, was when the Ohio legislature met for the first time. -
Louisiana Purchase
President Jefferson and others support an investment of $15 million for the Louisiana Territory, which Napoleon is willing to sell for cash for his war efforts. -
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The US Becomes The Largest Raw Cotton Producer
The growth of southern cities, then, allowed slavery to flourish and brought the South into a more modern world. Between 1820 and 1860, quite a few southern towns experienced dramatic population growth, which paralleled the increase in cotton production and international trade to and from the South. -
President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act
This rips the Cherokee and other eastern tribes from their homes and banishes them to areas west of the Mississippi River. -
Rafael Vásquez seized San Antonio
Rafael Vásquez marched into Texas and seized San Antonio, and withdrew two days later. He retreated back across the Rio Grande, the presence of Mexican troops on the West Texas frontier threw Anglo-Texans into a panic as hundreds fled to the safety of settlements east of the Brazos River. -
Gold In California
Gold was Found in California creating a Gold rush in Central California. -
Seneca Falls
At a women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, a call is made for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. -
The Start of Jehovah's Witnesses
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Charles Taze Russell begins what will become the Jehovah's Witnesses.