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Common Sense (Politics)
On January 10, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense first calls for independence from Britain, thus allowing for a nation where people shared common ideas to rebel against the British. -
Execution of Nathan Hale (society)
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Destruction of a statue of King George III (society)
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Pennsylvania Creates Laws to Abolish Slavery (Slavery)
One of the first colonies to beging to attempt to abolish slavery. -
Congress Approves the Bank of the United States Act (political)
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Bill of Rights (society)
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The Fugitve Slave Act is passed (slave)
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Connecticut engineer and inventor Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin (Innovation)
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Louisiana Purchase (expansion)
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Aaron Burr fatally shoots Alexander Hamilton in a duel (Politic)
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Adams-Onis Treaty (Expansion)
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Erie Canal opening (expansion)
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad locomotive (innovation)
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telegraph (innovation)
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African Americans and abolitionists are expelled from Tremont Temple (Slavery)