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The capital of the United States was moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C
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Thomas Jefferson was elected the 3rd President of the US
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The US paid France $15 million to purchase the Louisiana territory. This caused the US to double in size.
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Thomas Jefferson was re-elected to serve another term as President.
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Louis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO on a journey to the west.
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James Madison becomes the 4th President of the US
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The War of 1812 begins. The US declares war on Britain for interference in the US's expansion west.
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The Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Fort McHenry
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The War of 1812 ends with the signing of the Tready of Ghent.
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James Monroe becomes the 5th president of the United States.
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Maine enters into the union as a free state Missouri comes in as a slave state. All other land that is above 36 degrees 30' are not allowed to enter in as slave states.
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John Quincy Adams becomes the 6th President of the US
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Andrew Jackson becomes the 7th President of the US.
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President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which allowed for the forceful removal of Native American Indians from their land in the west.
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A slave by the name of Nat Turner led a bloody rebellion against slavery that lasted two days in Southampton County, Virginia.
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The Alamo was defended by Texans. It feel to the Mexican Army as they were laying siege to the Alamo. This is still remembered to this day and will not be forgotten.
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On March 2, 1836, Texas signed the Texas Declaration of Independence which officially declared them independent from Mexico and it became the Republic of Texas.
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Martin Van Buren becomes the 8th President of the US
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William Henry Harrison becomes the 9th President of the US. Dies of typhoid, pneumonia before he can fully take office.
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John Tyler becomes the 10th President of the US
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The term Manifest Destiny first appeared and is coined by John O'Sullivan. This was the idea that the United States had the God-given right to expand west all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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James K. Polk becomes the 11th President of the US.
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Texas is annexed into the Union
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Zachary Taylor becomes the 12th President of the US.
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Millard Fillmore becomes the 13th President of the US
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Uncle Tom's Cable is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and it becomes a pushing force towards abolition
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Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th President of the US.
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James Buchanan becomes the 15th President of the US
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South Carolina Secedes from the Union due to states' rights were not being respected when it came to slavery.
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Abraham Lincon becomes the 16th President of the US.
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The Confederate States of America were formed and it made of, South Carolina, Mississippi, Flordia, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
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The battle that started the Civil War
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The American Civil War has begun and lasted for 4 years.
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The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are freed.
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The Battle of Gettysburg can be considered a turning point for the Union in the American Civil War
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The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States.
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John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln in Ford's Theatre.