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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as the third president in Washington. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson purchases 828,000 square miles of land. At a total of $15 million for the land. The purchase double the size of America. -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark were set out from St.Louis on an expedition to explore the west and find a rout to the Pacific Ocean. -
War of 1812
French-British dispute got the U.S involved with the French while the Native Americans joined the British side. Americans were poorly prepared for the war but managed through. After the was Nationalism grew through America and the Federalist party come to an end with the Hartford convention following the war. -
Star Spangled Banner
In 1814 Francis Scott Key writes the Start Spangled Banner as he watches British attack on fort McHenry at Baltimore. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort to maintain a balance between free and slave states. Main was admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state. Slavery is prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase lands. -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act. That act authorizes the removal of Native Americans that live in the eastern part of the country all the way to the Mississippi River. -
Texas
Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Texans defeat Mexicans in San Jacinto. -
Cherokee Indians
Over 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forced to mrch from Georgia to Indian territory in todays Oklahoma. About 4,000 Cherokee Indians died from starvation and disease along the ¨Trail of Tears¨ -
Oregon Treaty
The Oregon treaty fixed the U.S-Canadian border a the 49th parallel; U.S acquires Oregon territory.