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The constitution adapts and establishes that the nation is unified as one common market. This prevents internal tax or tariffs.
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George Washington appoints the Thomas Jefferson of Virginia to be the first secratary of state under the new constitution.
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The conservatives call for a convention to rewrite the state constitution. This results in the the second legislative house, the State Senate, and for a strong governor
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Ths Supreme Court has the power to dismiss acts of the Supreme Court unconstitutional. This starts the principal of Judicial Review.
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Humphry Davy invents the lightbulb when expirimenting with carbon and a battery. The lightbulb soon entered the homes of people all over the world
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Leads the nation through troubled times. He is the father of the constitution, and helps the US break away from isolationism.
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The purchase of the louisiana territory from France to The United States for a cost of $15. This nearly doubled the size of the US
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The importation of slaves into the Us is banned. This does not stop smuggling and increased Southern domestic trading.
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Robert Fulton invents the first steamboat. His invention does not impress the British Navy, so he moves on to France. It gains popularity and becomes a modern hero.
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Agreement from Henry Clay that Missouri can be entered as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The boundries were established at 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude
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Removal of Indians from their traditional lands. AKA the trail of tears due to the expansion of the US territory.
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The morse code consisted of dots , dashes, and spaces to be decoded into words. Soon the US was wired with the telegraph, which quickly became standard world wide.
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In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and was joined as the 28th state under President Polk. This lead to the Mexican- American War.
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Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Wyoming and Montana are added to US territory.This becomes known as the Oregon Treaty
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This act gave any free or slave state to "remove" any black that was in suspicion of being a runaway slave. The act became very strong because it was backed up by harsher punishments and larger fines.
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A city Ordinance plaved a 10-hour limit on a laborors day. Local, labor unions had brief succeses due to this.
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By 1861, the factory system replaces the traditional domestic way of life. This is a start of industrilization throughought the country
