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Industrail Revolution begins in Britain
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Samuel Slater bulids first U.S textile factory
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Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
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Whitney develops interchangeable parts for muskets
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Robert Fulton's first steamboat
- Embargo spurs American manufacturing
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Cumberland Road construction begins
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Erie Canal construction begins
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Vesey slave conspiracy in Charleston, South Carolina
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Mexico opens Texas to American settlers
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Lack of....
Lack of electoral majority for presidency throws election into House of Representatives -
House elects John Quincy Adams president
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Erie Canal completed
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Tariff of 1828 ("Tariff of Abominations")
- Jackson elected president
- The South Carolina Exposition published
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First railroad in United States
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Indian Removal act
-July Revolution in France -
Cyrus McCormick invents mechanical mower-reaper
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Alexis de Tocqueville tours United States
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Events in 1832
- "Bank War"=Jackson vetoes bill to recharter Bank of the United States
- Reform Bill in Britain expands electorate Tariff of 1832
- Black Hawk War -Jackson defeats Clay for presidency
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South Carolina nullification crisis
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Compromise Tariff of 1833
- Jackson removes federal deposits from Bank of the United States
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Anti-Catholic riot in Boston
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events in 1836
- Bank of the United States expires
- Specie Circular issued
- Bureau of Indian Affairs established
- Battle of the Alamo
- Battle of San Jacinto
- Texas wins independence from Mexico
- Van Buren elected president
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Panic of 1837
- Seminole Indians defeated and eventually removed from Florida
- United States recognizes Texas republic but refuses annexation
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John Deere develops steel plow
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Cherokee Indians removed "Trail of Tears"
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Independent treasury established Harrison defeats Van Buuren for presidency
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President Van Buren establishes ten-hour day for federal employees
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Massachuetts declare labor unions legal in Commonwealth v. Hunt
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Era of clipper ships
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Samuel Morse invents telegraph
- Anti-Catholic riot in Philadelphia