US HISTORY

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  • First spinning mill

    Samuel Slater and Moses Brown took from England, The beginning of the Industrial Revolution

  • US capital moves to Washington D.C.

    The decision was made to centralize the capital

  • 3rd election tied

    Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Thomas Jefferson finally becomes president
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Doubled the size of the US, costed 15 million dollars
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney invented it
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    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    The trip was made to study wildlife and resources, and to make maps of the Pacific, and to establish relationships with the Native Americans
  • Steamboats

    Steamboats

    Robert Fulton, used for passengers and goods

  • Missouri compromise

    Missouri was admitted as a slave state and main was admitted as a free state

  • Monroe Doctrine

    It said that the Americas were closed to colonization

  • Indian Removal Act

    Trail of Tears, 17,000 Indians were forced to move to Oklahoma, 4,000 died along the way

  • Population

    12,9 million, 129,000 immigrants or 1%
  • Oregon Trail founded

    Oregon Trail founded

    2,000 mile trip, and began in Independence MO, the people traveled 15-20 miles a day
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    Clipper ships

    Fast, made to clip through the water

  • Mexican Cession

    Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo, US wins the Mexican war
  • The Gadsen Purchase

    The Gadsen Purchase

    The last portion of the continental US