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Missouri Compromise
Missouri is admitted as a slave state. Maine is admitted as a free state in the missouri compromise
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Liberia settlement freed U.S slaves
Liberia is founded on the west coast of Africa as a settlement for freed U.S slaves -
Defeating Spain at Ayacucho
Peru assures its independence by defeating Spain at Ayacucho -
Erie Canal is opened
Erie Canal is opened, connecting great lakes and Atlantic Ocean -
Two deaths
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day, July 4th. -
Underground Railroad
A secret system for helping fugitive slaves reach safety, is organized -
The Oxbow
Thomas Cole completes The Oxbow, an early Hudson River school Romantic landscape painting. -
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria of England is crowned -
U.S Army
U.S Army forces Cherokees out of Georgia on long Trail of Tears to Oklahoma
