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1801
the first high pressure steam engine was made -
1801
Thomas Jefferson became president of the united states -
1803
Napoleon sells Louisiana to america to help finance his war -
1807
slave trade was abolished in Britain -
1814
British forces burn Washington before negotiating peace for Canada -
1825
first railroad was opened -
1846
Mexican war -
1853
Gadsden Purchase -
1860
Abraham Lincoln is elected as president -
1861
confederate states are formed -
1861
cival war