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1793 -- The Cotton gin was invented.
1793 -- The Fugitive Slave Act required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
1800 -- Washington DC was established as the United States capital.
Apr 30, 1803 -- The Louisiana Purchase nearly doubled the size of the United States.
Jan 1, 1808 -- The ban on slave importation into the United States became effective.
1812-1815 -- The United States and Great Britain were at war.
1820 -- The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the United States as a slave state while Main entered as a free state. |