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Cotton Gin invented
a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
XYZ Affair
the XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War. -
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
The louisianna purchase was a land deal between the United States and France -
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Westward Expansion
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Missouri Compromise
was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted -
Adams-Onis Treat
the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that ceded Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and New Spain -
Texas Claims Independence
In 1820, Moses Austin, a U.S. citizen, asked the Spanish government in Mexico for permission to settle in sparsely populated Texas. Land was granted, but Austin died soon thereafter, so his son, Stephen F. Austin, took over the project -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent in 1823. -
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution -
Texas annexed to U.S.
Following the 16th century conquests of Hernando Cortez, Spanish forces extended their influence northward into what is the present-day United States -
Trail of Tears
the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma -
Mexican-American War
a war between the U.S. and Mexico spanned the period from spring 1846 to fall 1847 -
Agreement of 49th Parallel
Britain and the United States sign the Treaty of Oregon establishing the 49th parallel as the primary international boundary in the Pacific Northwest. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
officially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic -
California becomes a state
though it had only been a part of the United States for less than two years, California becomes the 31st state in the union on this day in 1850. -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase, or Treaty, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico -
Kansas-Nebraska
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
