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America goes to war with Britain--seeks to prove her independence.
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A decisive victory against the British and promoted Andrew Jackson to fame as a war hero.
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America secures her independence from Britain.
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War hero, Andrew Jackson is elected president for his first term.
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Republican President Abraham Lincoln is elected, turning the United States towards the Civil War.
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South Carolina becomes the first state to leave the Union.
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A confederate Brigadier General Beauregard fires the first shot of the Civil War.
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Important and successful Confederate General, "Stonewall Jackson" died at the battle of Chancellorsville.
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Union General Grant splits the Confederacy apart with his capture of the city Vicksburg.
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, basically ending the Civil War.