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Thomas paine publishes "Common Sense"
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U.S. declares freedom
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united states constitution ratified
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first president George Washington starts office
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Eli Whittney applies for patent on cotton gin and is granted on this date
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U.S. signs treaty gaining louisiana territoy
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Gibbons vs ogden decided
issued that congress had right over interstate commerce -
Jackson vetoing the charter of the second bank of the U.S.
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U.S. annexs Texas and admits it as the 28th state
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treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
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fort sumter sttacked starting civil war
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last spike driven in on the first transcontinental railroad