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U.S. Capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington D.C.
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U.S. Congress meets in Washington D.C. for first time
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Thomas Jefferson inaugurated as 3rd President
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Marbury v. Madison
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Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark set out
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Thomas Jefferson 2nd inauguration
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Benjamin Thompson Rumford invented coffee peculator
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James Madison is inaugurated as 4th President
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Manifest Destiny
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War of 1812
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James Madison 2nd inauguration
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British capture Washington D.C. and set Whitehouse on fire
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Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled Banner
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James Monroe inaugurated as 5th President
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Spain agrees to cede Florida to United States
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McCulloch v Maryland
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Missouri Compromise
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Monroe's 2nd inauguration
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Battle Weary
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Great Britian acknowledges American Independence
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Denmark Vesy hanged
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Monroe Doctrine
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Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation
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Gibbons v. Ogden
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John Quincy Adams inaugurated as 6th President
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Erie Canal opened for traffic
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Construction began on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-1st public Railroad in U.S
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Washington inaugurated as President
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Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th President
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President Jackson signs Indian Removal Act
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Nat Turner hanged
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William Lloyd Garrison published the Liberator
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Jackson's 2nd inauguration
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Hiram Moore invents the Combine Harvester
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Wiliam Austin Burt invents the Steam Shovel
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Texas Declares its Independence from Mexico
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Samuel Morse invents Morse Code
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Martin Van Buren inaugurated as 8th President
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Cherokee Indians forced to march from Georgia to Indian Territory(Present day Oklahoma)
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William Henry Harrison inaugurated as 9th President he dies after 1 month in office Vice President John Tyler steps up
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United States Annexes Texas by joint resolution of Congress
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James Polk inaugurated as 11th President
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United States acquires Oregan territory
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Mexican War
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Treaty of Guadalupe of Hidalgo
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Womens Rights Convention
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Zachary Taylor inaugurated as 12th President
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Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
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President Taylor dies and Vice President Millard Fillmore steps up
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Compromise of 1850
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin published
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Franklin Pierce inaugurated as 14th President
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Gadsden Purchase Treaty signed
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Kansas-Nebraska Act passed
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James Buchanan inaugurated as 15th President
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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Abraham Lincoln comes to National attention
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John Brown abolitionist and followers attempt to spark a slave revolt
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Abraham Lincoln elected President
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Confederate states of America established
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Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy
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Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President
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Homestead Act
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Lincoln assassinated
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Civil War
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Ft. Sumter
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Gettysburg address delivered
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Abraham Lincoln 2nd inauguration
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General Ulysses S. Grant
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Robert E. Lee surrenders
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United States acquires Alaska
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President Johnson impeached
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14th Amendment ratified
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Ulysses S. Grant inaugurated as 18th President
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15th Amendment ratified
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Chicago fire
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Credit Mobilier Scandal
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Grant's 2nd inauguration
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Lt. Col. George A. Caster regiment wiped out/American Indian Wars:Battle of Little Bighorn
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Sitting Bull
