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US Consititution Written
This replaced the articles of confederation and became the law of the US it was written in Philadelphia -
The Louisiana Purchase
Bought from France, this land doubled the size of the US President Thomas Jefferson made the deal -
The War of 1812
AKA The Second War for independence US defeted the British Andrew Jackson emerged as a war hero by savin the city of New Orleans -
The Trail of Tears
White settlers in Georgia wanted Cherokee lands. President Jackson sided with the whites & ordered the removel of the Cherokee to Oaklahoma many died -
The Mexican War
A sequal of the Texas Revoulation this is was featured a 4 month conflict over Mexico's nothern territory The US got 1/4th its total current territory -
The Civil War Begins
When Abraham Lincoln won the electron of 1860 South Carilonia led many other southern staes in seceeding from the Union Lincolndeclared war to bring them back