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Philadelphia Quakers found world’s first antislavery society

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1775

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First Continental Congress calls for abolition of slave trade

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1774

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New Jersey constitution temporarily gives women the vote

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1776

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Articles of Confederation adopted by Second Continental Congress

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1777

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Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote

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1780

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Articles of Confederation put into effect

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1781

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Military officers form Society or the Cincinnati

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1783

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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-_-

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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

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1786

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Shay’s Rebellion

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1786

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Meeting of five states to discuss revision of the Articles of Confederation

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1786

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Northwest Ordinance

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1787

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Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

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1787

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Ratification by nine states guarantees a new government under the Constitution

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1788

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14
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Constitution formally put into effect

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1789

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Judiciary Act of 1789

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-_-

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Washington elected president

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1789

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French Revolution begins

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1789

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Declaration of the Rights of Man (France)

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1789

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First official census

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1790

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Bill of Rights adopted

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1791

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Vermont becomes 14th state

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1791

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Bank of the United States created

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1791

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Excise tax passed

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1791

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Washington reelected president

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1792

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Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties formed

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1792-1793

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Louis XVI beheaded; radical phase of French Revolution

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1793

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France declares war on Britain and Spain

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1793

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Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation

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1793

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Citizen Genêt affair

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1793

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Whiskey Rebellion

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1794

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Battle of Fallen Timbers

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1794

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Jay’s Treated with Britain

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1794

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Treaty of Greenville: Indians cede Ohio

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1795

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Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain

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1795

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Washington’s Farewell Address

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1796

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36
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Adams becomes president

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1797

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XYZZY Affair

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1797

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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1798

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39
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Virginia and Kentucky resolutions

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1798-1799

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40
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Undeclared war with France

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1798-1800

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41
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Convention of 1800: peace with France

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1800

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42
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Toussaint L’Ouverture launches Haitian Revolution

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1791

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43
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Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency

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1800

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44
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Judiciary Act of 1801

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-_-

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45
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Naval war with Tripoli

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1801-1805

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46
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Revised naturalization law

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1802

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47
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Judiciary Act of 1801 repealed

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1802

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48
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Marbury vs. Madison

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase

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1803

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Haiti emerges as first independent black republic

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1804

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51
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Jefferson reelected president

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1804

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52
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Impeachment of Justice Chase

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1804

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53
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Lewis and Clark expedition

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1804-1806

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54
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Peace Treaty with Tripoli

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1805

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55
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Battle of Trafalgar

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1805

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Battle of Austerlitz

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1805

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57
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Pike’s explorations

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1805-1807

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58
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Burr treason trial

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1806

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59
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Chesapeake affair

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1807

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60
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Embargo Act

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1807

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61
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Madison elected president

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1808

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Non-Intercourse Act replaced Embargo Act

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1809

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63
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Macon’s Bill No. 2

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1810

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64
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Napoleon announces (falsely) repeal of blockade decrees

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1810

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65
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Madison reestablishes nonimportation against Britain

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1810

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66
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Battle of Tippecanoe

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1811

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67
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United States declares war on Britain

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1812

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Fletcher v. Peck ruling asserts right of Supreme Court to invalidate state laws deemed unconstitutional

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1810

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Venezuela declares independence from Spain

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1811

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70
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Madison reelected president

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1812

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71
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American invasions of Canada fail

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1812-1813

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72
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Battle of the Thames

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1813

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73
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Battle of Lake Erie

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1813

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74
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend

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1814

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75
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Napoleon exiled to Elba

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1814

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British burn Washington D.C.

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1814

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Battle of Plattsburgh

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1814

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78
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Treaty or Ghent signed ending War of 1812

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1814

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79
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Hartford Convention

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1814-1815

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80
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Congress of Vienna

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1814-1815

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81
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Battle of New Orleans

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1815

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82
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Napoleon’s army defeated at Waterloo

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1815

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83
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Second Bank of the United States founded

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1816

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Protectionist Tariff of 1816

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-_-

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85
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Argentina declares independence from Spain

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1816

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86
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Monroe elected president

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1816

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Madison vetoes Calhoun’s Bonus Bill

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1817

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Rush-Bagot agreement limits naval armament on Great Lakes

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1817

89
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Jackson invades Florida

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1818

90
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Chile, in rebellion since 1810, declares independence from Spain

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1818

91
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Anglo-American Convention

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1818

92
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Panic of 1819

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-_-

93
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Spain cedes Florida to United States in Adams-Onís Treaty

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1819

94
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McCulloch v. Maryland

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1819

95
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward

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1819

96
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Missouri Compromise

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1820

97
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Missouri and Maine admitted to Union

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1820

98
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Land Act of 1820

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-_-

99
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Monroe reelected

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1820

100
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Cohens v. Virginia

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1821

101
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Austria intervenes to crush popular uprising in Italy

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1821

102
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France intervenes to suppress liberal government in Spain

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1823

103
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Secretary Adams proposes Monroe Doctrine

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1823

104
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Russo-American Treaty

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1824

105
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Gibbons v. Ogden

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1824

106
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Erie Canal completed

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1825

107
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Vesey slave conspiracy in Charleston, South Carolina

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1822

108
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Mexico opens Texas to American settlers

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1823

109
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Lack of electoral majority for presidency throws election into House of Representatives

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1824

110
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House elects John Quincy Adams president

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1825

111
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Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations)

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-_-

112
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Jackson elected president

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1828

113
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The South Carolina Exposition published

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1828

114
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Indian Removal Act

A

1830

115
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July Revolution in France

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1830

116
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Alexis de Tocqueville tours United States

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1831-1832

117
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Bank War- Jackson vetoes bill to recharged Bank of the United States

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1832

118
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Reform Bill in Britain expands electorate

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1832

119
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Tariff of 1832

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-_-

120
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Black Hawk War

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1832

121
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Jackson defeats Clay for presidency

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1832

122
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South Carolina nullification crisis

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1832-1833

123
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Compromise Tariff of 1833

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-_-

124
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Jackson removed federal deposits from Bank of the United States

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1833

125
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Bank of the United States expires

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1836

126
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Specie Circular issued

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1836

127
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Bureau of Indian Affairs established

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1836

128
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Battle of the Alamo

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1836

129
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Battle of San Jacinto

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1836

130
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Texas wins independence from Mexico

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1836

131
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Van Buren elected president

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1836

132
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Seminole Indians defeated and eventually removed from Flordia

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1837

133
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United States recognizes Texas republic but refuses annexation

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1837

134
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Panic of 1837

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-_-

135
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Cherokee Indians removed on “Trail of Tears”

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1838-1839

136
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Independent treasury established

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1840

137
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Harrison defeats Van Buren for presidency

A

1840

138
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Industrial Revolution begins in Britian

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ca. 1750

139
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Samuel Slater builds first US textile factory

A

1791

140
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Eli Whitney invents cotton gin

A

1793

141
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Whitney develops interchangeable parts for muskets

A

1798

142
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Robert Fulton’s first steamboat

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1807

143
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Embargo sours American manufacturing

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1807

144
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Cumberland Road construction begins

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1811

145
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Erie Canal construction begins

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1817

146
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Erie Canal completed

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1825

147
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First railroad in United States

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1828

148
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Cyrus McCormick invents mechanical mower-reaper

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1830s

149
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Anti-Catholic riot in Boston

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1834

150
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John Deere develops steel plow

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1837

151
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President Van Buren establishes ten-hour day for federal employees

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1840

152
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Massachusetts declares labor unions legal in Commonwealth v. Hunt

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1842

153
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Era of clipper ships

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ca. 1843-1868

154
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Samuel Morse invents telegraph

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1844

155
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Anti-Catholic riot in Philadelphia

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1844

156
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Potato famine in Ireland

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1845-1849

157
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Elias Howe invents sewing machine

A

1846

158
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First general incorporation laws in New York

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1848

159
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Democratic revolutions collapse in Germany

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1848

160
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American, or Know-Nothing, party formed

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1849

161
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London World’s Fair

A

1851

162
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Cumberland Road completed

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1852

163
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Cyrus Field lays first transatlantic cable

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1858

164
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Pony Express established

A

1860

165
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First transcontinental telegraph

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1861

166
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Permanent transatlantic cable established

A

1866

167
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Shaker movement founded in Manchester, England

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1747

168
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First Shaker communities established in New York

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1770s

169
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Thomas Paine publishes The Age of Reason

A

1794

170
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University of North Carolina founded

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1795

171
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Second Great Awakening begins

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1800

172
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Jefferson founds University of Virginia

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1819

173
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Cooper publishes The Spy, his first successful novel

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1821

174
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Emma Willard establishes Troy (New York) Female Seminary

A

1821

175
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New Harmony commune established

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1825

176
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American Temperance Society founded

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1826

177
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Noah Webster publishes dictionary

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1828

178
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American Peace Society founded

A

1828

179
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Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church

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1830

180
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Godey’s Lady’s Book first published

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1830

181
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Finney conducts revivals in eastern cities

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1839-1831

182
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Lyceum movement flourishes

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1835

183
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Oberlin College admits female students

A

1837

184
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Mary Lyon establishes Mount Holyoke Seminary

A

1837

185
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Emerson delivers “The American Scholar” address

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1837

186
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London antislavery convention refuses to recognize female delegates

A

1840

187
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Brook Farm commune established

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1841

188
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Dorothea Dix petitions Massachusetts legislature on behalf of the insane

A

1843

189
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Mormon migration to Utah

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1846-1847

190
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Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention held

A

1848

191
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Oneida Community established

A

1848

192
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Hawthorne publishes The Scarlet Letter

A

1850

193
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Melville publishes Moby Dick

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1851

194
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Maine passes first law prohibiting liquor

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1851

195
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Whitman publishes Leaves of Grass

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1855

196
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Whitney’s cotton gin transforms southern economy

A

1793

197
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Gabriel slave rebellion in Virginia

A

1800

198
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Britain abolishes slave trade

A

1807

199
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Congress outlaws slave trade

A

1808

200
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Royal Navy forms West Africa Squadron

A

1808

201
Q

American Colonization Society formed

A

1817

202
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Missouri Compromise

A

1820

203
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Vesey salve rebellion in Charleston, South Carolina

A

1822

204
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Republic of Liberia established in Africa

A

1822

205
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Walker publishes Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World

A

1829

206
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Nat Turner slave rebellion in Virginia

A

1831

207
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Garrison begins publishing The Liberator

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1831

208
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Virginia legislature debates slavery and emancipation

A

1831-1832

209
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British abolish slavery in West Indies

A

1833

210
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American Anti-Slavery Society founded

A

1833

211
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Abolitionist students expelled from Lane Theological Seminary

A

1834

212
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U.S. Post Office orders destruction of abolitionist mail

A

1835

213
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B”roadcloth Mob” attacks Garrison

A

1835

214
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House of Representatives passes “Gag Resolution”

A

1836

215
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Mob kills abolitionist Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois

A

1837

216
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Weld publishes American Slavery as It Is

A

1839

217
Q

Slave revolt aboard Amistad

A

1839

218
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Douglass publishes Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

A

1845

219
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Free Soil party organized

A

1848