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Industrial Revolution
More people began using machines in manufacturing and production. -
Government
American politician and solider George Washington became the first president of the United States and changed the focus of our economy and the way we manufacture products. -
Industrial Revolution
American merchants built the first textile mil in Rhode Island in 1793 -
US capital moves to Washington DC
It moves to the center of the country. -
Louisiana Purchase
By which the United States bought Louisiana from France for about $15 million. -
Eli Whitney
He invented the interchangeable parts. -
Government
Thomas Jefferson agreed to the Louisiana Purchase. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Went to search the new land of the United States. -
Transportation Revolution
Robert Fulton's Clermont was the first successful steamboat. -
missouri compromize
Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state, and Maine would join as a free state. -
Indian removel aact
Allowed the removal of American Indians who lived east of the Mississippi River t Indian Territory, which contained most of what is now Oklahoma -
Oregon Trail founded (1836)
It began in Independence Missouri, it was a 2000 mile trip. -
Population 1
Native Americans were forced to move West -
Transportation Revolution
30,000 miles of railroad track linked almost every major eastern city. -
Population 2
More then 70% of immigrants in America were from Southern and Eastern Europe.