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First president of the United States and set up a strong government for the US.
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Removed seeds from cotton a lot faster than humans could. Which led to a great increase in cotton production.
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Lowell started building mill towns after Samuel Slater built the spinning wheel
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In 1800 they moved the capital to DC because it was a central location.
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President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the west. On this trip they encountered may near death experiences. If it weren't for the Shoshone Indian Sacagawea they would've died and the expedition would have been a bust.
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The US bought Louisiana from France for 15 million.
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A rapid growth in speed and transportation.
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Missouri wanted to enter the union as a slave state which would upset the balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states so Maine agreed to enter with Missouri as a free state.
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It was a doctrine that told everyone to stay out of the US.
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It helped a lot of products get to people faster and it provided a quicker way to move around.
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This act said that it was legal to rip Indians out of their homes and take them to a place in Oklahoma. A lot of Indians died on the trip it was a true tragedy.
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Very fast, made transportation a lot easier and quicker.
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It was a trail leading to Oregon country which was extremely dangerous with one in four people dying.
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The US and Mexico both wanted Texas so they fought until eventually the US won and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed giving the US Texas. Shortly after that the US bought Gadsden know as the Gadsden Purchase
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The US acquired more land from mexico in Arizona and New Mexico.