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First spinning mill
Samuel Slater and Moses Brown took from England, The beginning of the Industrial Revolution -
US capital moves to Washington D.C.
The decision was made to centralize the capital -
3rd election tied
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, Thomas Jefferson finally becomes president -
Louisiana Purchase
Doubled the size of the US, costed 15 million dollars -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented it -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
The trip was made to study wildlife and resources, and to make maps of the Pacific, and to establish relationships with the Native Americans -
Steamboats
Robert Fulton, used for passengers and goods -
Missouri compromise
Missouri was admitted as a slave state and main was admitted as a free state -
Monroe Doctrine
It said that the Americas were closed to colonization -
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears, 17,000 Indians were forced to move to Oklahoma, 4,000 died along the way -
Population
12,9 million, 129,000 immigrants or 1% -
Oregon Trail founded
2,000 mile trip, and began in Independence MO, the people traveled 15-20 miles a day -
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Clipper ships
Fast, made to clip through the water -
Mexican Cession
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo, US wins the Mexican war -
The Gadsen Purchase
The last portion of the continental US
