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Slave Gabriel plotted a plan to end slavery. The plan included attacking Richmond with 1,000 fellow slaves. The plan was disclosed and the rebellion was suppressed. This event struck fear into the hearts of the white plantation owners, and more restrictions were placed upon slaves.
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The Embargo Act, implemented by Thomas Jefferson, placed a ban upon trades with foreign ships.
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Robert Fulton operated the first steamboat down the Hudson River.
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The War of 1812 was once again with England. Where the Revolution was for freedom, the War of 1812 was for recognition as a nation.
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As the new state of Missouri desired admittance into America, there was much debate whether or not it would be counted as a slave state. In the compromise, the Mason-Dixon line was established and Missouri was admitted as a slave state simultaneously with Maine as a free state. This crisis acknowledged that there was major division between the democrats and republicans.
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In 1821, the first modern textile mill was built by Mr. Lowell. He created the mill town of Lowell Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
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Cherokee Indians forced off of their land, and took a 5,043 mile trip in the middle of winter. 16,000 started the journey, and only 10,000 made it to their designated territory.
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President Harrison became ill immediately upon inauguration, dying 31 days later.
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Started when Texas' annexation to the U.S., the war was over a strip of land called the Nueces Strip. In the concluding Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, America gained all or parts of present day Arizona, Colorado, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected for two terms, however he was assassinated in a movie theater at the beginning of his second term.
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The Civil War was the result of tensions between the Democrat and Republican states throughout the past 60 years. Started on April 12, 1861, with General Beauregard firing upon Fort Sumter, it ended with the surrender of General Lee on April 9, 1865.
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Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation of all slaves in confederate union.
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The Thirteenth Amendment legally abolished all slavery in America.
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