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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1789 | - 30 Apr 1789—4 Mar 1797: 1st US President
George Washington served as the first president of USA
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| 2 | 1797 | - 4 Mar 1797—4 Mar 1801: 2nd US President
John Adams served as the 2nd President of the USA
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| 3 | 1801 | - 4 Mar 1801—4 Mar 1809: 3rd US President
Thomas Jefferson served as the 3rd President of the USA
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| 4 | 1803 | - 1803—1803: Louisana Purchase
France sells Louisiana territories to USA
- 1 Mar 1803: Ohio becomes 17th state
Ohio admitted to the Union
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| 5 | 1804 | - 14 May 1804—23 Sep 1806: Lewis and Clark Expedition
expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
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| 6 | 1808 | - 1808—1808: Atlantic Slave Trade Abolished
Atlantic slave trade abolished
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| 7 | 1809 | - 4 Mar 1809—4 Mar 1817: 4th US President
James Madison served as the 4th President of the USA
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| 8 | 1812 | - 30 Apr 1812: Louisana becomes 18th state
Louisiana admitted to the Union
- 18 Jun 1812—17 Feb 1815: War of 1812
War of 1812 between the US and Britain, partly over the effects of British restrictions on US trade during the Napoleonic Wars
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| 9 | 1814 | - 24 Aug 1814: Burning of Washington
During the War of 1812 Washington was burned down by the British
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| 10 | 1815 | - 8 Jan 1815: Battle of New Orleans
Battle during the War of 1812
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| 11 | 1816 | - 11 Dec 1816: Indiana becomes 19th state
Indiana admitted to the Union
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| 12 | 1817 | - 4 Mar 1817—4 Mar 1825: 5th US President
James Monroe served as the 5th President of the USA
- 4 Jul 1817—26 Oct 1825: Eric Canal constructed
a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie
- 10 Dec 1817: Mississippi becomes 20th state
Mississippi admitted to the Union
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| 13 | 1818 | - 3 Dec 1818: Illinois becomes 21st state
Illinois admitted to the Union
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| 14 | 1819 | - 14 Dec 1819: Alabama becomes 22nd state
Alabama admitted to the Union
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| 15 | 1820 | - 15 Mar 1820: Maine becomes 23rd state
Maine admitted to the Union
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| 16 | 1821 | - 10 Aug 1821: Missouri becomes 24th state
Missouri admitted to the Union
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| 17 | 1823 | - 2 Dec 1823: Monroe Doctrine
a United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere
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| 18 | 1825 | - 4 Mar 1825—4 Mar 1829: 6th US President
John Quincy Adams served as the 6th President of the USA
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| 19 | 1829 | - 4 Mar 1829—4 Mar 1837: 7th US President
Andrew Jackson served as the 7th President of the USA
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| 20 | 1830 | - 28 Mar 1830: Indian Removal Act signed
provided for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi
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| 21 | 1832 | - 6 Apr 1832—27 Aug 1832: Black Hawk War
a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader
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| 22 | 1836 | - 15 Jun 1836: Arkansas becomes 25th state
Arkansas admitted to the Union
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| 23 | 1837 | - 26 Jan 1837: Michigan becomes 26th state
Michigan admitted to the Union
- 4 Mar 1837—4 Mar 1841: 8th US President
Martin Van Buren served as the 8th President of the USA
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| 24 | 1841 | - 4 Mar 1841—4 Apr 1841: 9th US President
William Henry Harrison served as the 9th President of the USA
- 4 Apr 1841—4 Mar 1845: 10th US President
John Tyler served as the 10th President of the USA
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| 25 | 1845 | - 3 Mar 1845: Florida becomes 27th state
Florida admitted to the Union
- 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: 11th US President
James K Polk served as the 11th President of the USA
- 29 Dec 1845: Texas becomes 28th state
Texas admitted to the Union
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| 26 | 1846 | - 1846—1848: US Acquires Tracts of Mexican Territory
US acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico
- 25 Apr 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico following the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory.
- 28 Dec 1846: Iowa becomes 29th state
Iowa admitted to the Union
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| 27 | 1848 | - 24 Jan 1848: California Gold Rush begins
news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad
- 29 May 1848: Wisconsin becomes 30th state
Wisconsin admitted to the Union
- 19 Jul 1848—20 Jul 1848: Seneca Falls Convention
first women's rights convention in the USA
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| 28 | 1849 | - 4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: 12th US President
Zachary Taylor served as the 12th President of the USA
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| 29 | 1850 | - 9 Jul 1850—4 Mar 1853: 13th US President
Millard Fillmore served as the 13th President of the USA
- 9 Sep 1850: California becomes 31st state
California admitted to the Union
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| 30 | 1853 | - 4 Mar 1853—4 Mar 1857: 14th US President
Franklin Pierce served as the 14th President of the USA
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| 31 | 1854 | - 1854—1854: Republican Party Established
Opponents of slavery, or abolitionists, set up Republican Party
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| 32 | 1857 | - 4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: 15th US President
James Buchanan served as the 15th President of the USA
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| 33 | 1858 | - 11 May 1858: Minnesota becomes 32nd state
Minnesota admitted to the Union
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| 34 | 1859 | - 14 Feb 1859: Oregon becomes 33rd state
Oregon admitted to the Union
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| 35 | 1860 | - 1860—1861: Southern States Secede
Eleven pro-slavery southern states secede from Union and form Confederate States of America, triggering civil war with abolitionist northern states
- 3 Apr 1860—26 Oct 1861: Pony Express in service
American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders
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| 36 | 1861 | - 29 Jan 1861: Kansas becomes 34th state
Kansas admitted to the Union
- 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: 16th US President
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the USA
- 12 Apr 1861—26 May 1865: US Civil War
Northern states fight against the Southern states in the US
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| 37 | 1863 | - 1863: Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free
- 20 Jun 1863: West Virginia becomes 35th state
West Virginia admitted to the Union
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| 38 | 1864 | - 31 Oct 1864: Nevada becomes 36th state
Nevada admitted to the Union
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| 39 | 1865 | - 1865: Slavery abolished
slavery abolished under Thirteenth Amendment
- 15 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: 17th US President
Andrew Johnson served as the 17th President of the USA
- 15 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
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| 40 | 1867 | - 1 Mar 1867: Nebraska becomes 37th state
Nebraska admitted to the Union
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| 41 | 1869 | - 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: 18th US President
Ulysses S Grant served as the 18th President of the USA
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