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Benjamin Franklin dies
Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84. His funeral four days later draws over 20,000 mourners. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Jefferson writes to Eli Whitney, telling him that he approves of his efforts to win a patent for his cotton gin. -
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College is founded -
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
John Adams is elected second president of the U.S. Jefferson is elected vice president, having received the second largest number of electoral votes. -
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Congress passes what are collectively known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts, the Naturalization Act, the Alien Act, the Sedition Act, and the Alien Enemies Act, are passed in the midst of a quasi-war with France and heightened public criticism of foreign policy. -
George Washington
George Washington dies due to a throat infection called epiglottitis at Mount Vernon. Washington has showed us that he has the great amount of nationalism. -
The U.S Capitol Building
The U.S. capitol is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C -
New York
New York passes the Emancipation Act -
The Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. -
Lewis and Clark
The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River. -
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot the previous day by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. -
The Destuction Of the Capitol
British burn Capitol building in Washington -
Alabama
Alabama admitted as slave state, bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers. -
The Industrial Revolution begins
The Industrial Revolution was of great importance to the economic development of the United States. The first Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and Europe during the late eighteenth century. It then centered on the United States and Germany -
The Missouri Compromise
Congress passed a bill granting Missouri statehood as a slave state under the condition that slavery was to be forever prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 36th parallel, which runs approximately along the southern border of Missouri. Sectionalism rises because southern states want slaverly. -
The Monroe Doctrine
the policy of US opposition to any European interference, the policy was passed by president Monroe -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson dies due to unknown causes -
Nat Turner rebellion
Nat Turner, a Baptist slave preacher, leads a revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, killing at least 57 whites. Alabama makes it illegal for Blacks to preach. -
Texas
Texas declares independence from Mexico. -
California
Compromise of 1850 admits California as free state but Fugitive Slave Law enacted. -
Oregon
Oregon admitted as State.
