1800-1876

  • 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

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