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The constitutional Convention was held to better the Articles of Confederation. After a while, everyone decided it would be better to create a whole new government with 3 branches and tried to get it approved. -
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in order to quickly produce cotton to be sold. This was a really great invention however it nearly tripled slave counts in America. -
Citizens began refusing to pay a tax on liquor to help with debts, however people got mad and started an uprising. George Washington had to send troops to put an end to it. -
Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from Napolean in France for $27 million. This added around 800,000 square miles of land to the U.S. -
Dr. Alan de Vilbiss created the spray gun in Ohio. This replaced swabs and gave a new way of applying medication. -
Benjamin Thompson invented the coffee pot. Previously people had to chew the coffee brew. -
The canal was started in 1817 and finished being built in 1825. The canal connected the Great Lakes to New York City, as well as the Atlantic Ocean -
Four black women from Haiti established the first community of black, Catholic nuns in Baltimore. They called it the Oblate Sisters of Providence. -
Cladius Ash created a new way to help people with what they eat. He made a new type of dental wear made of porcelain teeth. -
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President. He was the 16th president of the U.S. and is most famous for his role in freeing slaves.