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Washington D.C. becomes the new capital city of the United States
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Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the 3rd President of the United States
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United States purchases all land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky mountains from France for $15 million.
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Lewis and Clark explore the west for a route to the Pacific Ocean
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James Madison is inaugurated as the 4th President of the United States
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Great Britain's interference with American growth leads to war.
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Francis Scott Key writes the Star-Spangled Banner
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Treaty ends the War of 1812
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James Monroe is inaugurated as the 5th President of the United States
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Florida is acquired by the United States
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Continental Congress adopts the first U.S. Constitution, the Articles of Confederation
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John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the 6th President of the United States
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First Public Railroad Construction begins
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Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as the 7th President of the United States
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President Jackson signs off on the Indian Removal Act. This allowed for the forced removal of Native Americans living in the country.
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Texas breaks free from Mexico
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Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as the 8th President of the United States.
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Several thousand Cherokee Indians are forced from Georgia to Oklahoma. More than a fourth of the Cherokee die of starvation or disease.
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William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the 9th President of the United States.
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President Harrison passed away, John Tyler replaces him
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Texas becomes a state
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James Polk is inaugurated as the 11th President of the United States.
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United States battles Mexico for control of California and Southwest Regions.
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U.S. acquires state of Oregon, and many settlers move westward.
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Gold is discovered in California giving many settlers an incentive to travel westward.
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United States defeats Mexico ending the Mexican War
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Women's Rights convention held.
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Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as the 12th President of the United States.
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Upon the Death of President Taylor, Millard Fillmore steps into the role.
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Frank Pierce is inaugurated as the 14th President of the United States.
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James Buchanan is inaugurated as the 15th President of the United States
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Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States
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War between Confederates and Union breaks out over slavery. America is divided.
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Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
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John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Lincoln on a balcony in a theater.
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America purchases Alaska for $7.2 million from Russia
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Following Johnson's impeachment, Ulysses S. Grant is inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States
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The Fifteenth Amendment is Ratified allowing black citizens to vote.