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George Washington was elected to be the first president.
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Samuel Slater brought over from England the plans for a spinning mill. This started the Industrial Revolution. This also made the need for slaves grow.
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Eli Whitney invented the first cotton gen. It made it easier to pull seeds out of cotton. This also made the need for slaves grow.
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Thomas Jefferson moves the capital to Washington DC. This little area does not count as any states so no state can have more power.
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Thomas Jefferson more than doubled the size of the United States by making the LA Purchase for 11 million dollars.
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With the use of trains getting from one place to another on land became much quicker than on a horse.
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Lewis and Clark go on an adventure through the LA Purchase to find out what was all there. They were appointed by Thomas Jefferson. They also went to Oregon Country.
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Steam boats were invented and they made getting around on the river easier. They weren't as fast as keel boats but they still helped travel the river.
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Francis Scott Key made the Star Spangled Banner which was later made into our national anthem.
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Missouri becomes a slave state and Maine is a free state. Slavery was banned from anywhere in the LA purchase north of the 36* latitude line.
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The Monroe Doctrine was a document that said that no other countries could colonize in the America's. Made by James Monroe.
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Indians were forced to walk the trail of tear so white men could have more land to settle on. Many of them did not make it.
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In the time span of thirty years the population went from 12.9 million to 31.4 million. This was due to the the gold rush and immigrants.
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The Oregon Trial was a trail that lead across the country to Oregon. Not many families or people could make the trip and died.
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The United States finally had complete control of the Oregon Country that they previously shared with Great Britain.
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California had a huge gold rush so many people moved there to find some. This made California's populations grow rapidly.