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this was invented to quickly and easily separate cotton from the seeds reducing the time and effort required to make usable cotton. but the majority of it's use was in the 1800s with the large amount of slave labor in the colonies. this increased the production of the cotton goods, and by association, increased the demand for slave labor to deal with the long and tedious work.

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THE COTTON GIN (1793)

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this came up from the problems of the inmoral slavery in the south, they believed that slavery should be immediately abolished. so they gave out pamphlets and speeches to spread their message. this eventually supported northern and even southern slave supporters to attack the abolitionists. but their work eventually led to the abolition of slavery. 

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The rise of the Abolitionists(Date Unclear)

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the US and the French got together back in the 1800s to discuss a purchase of some empty soil for settlement. and the US bought a large chunk of territory from them for about 15 million dollars. this was very important because it gave us more land to romp around in their free boots. The territory would also provide plenty of room to farm and add more industry.

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The Louisiana Purchase (1803)

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they were contracted out to explore america to help establish proper trade routes, and to see if a rumored water passage to the Pacific existed, this let us know more about the country, and the land we bought and still of it.

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Lewis and Clark Begin To Explore (1804)

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this was when they started building steam powered factories, these made more advanced products, more faster, this made goods cheaper and more available as well as establishing women in the work force 

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The mass production revolution (1814)

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this was a massive project to connect the great lakes to the Atlantic ocean. built with tons of water hardened cement, and hard work it made for a long and hard job. it made the transfer of people and goods past the appalachians much much easier then before. 

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The completion of the Erie canal (1817)

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this was when the requirements for voting were made less extreme, you no longer needed to own property, still no women or minorities though, so, still not great. also the system of voting was changed to mitigate fear of intimidation at the polls. This caused there to be over 1 million voting americans as well as a more democratic system of voting with less corruption.

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Increased Voting rights (1828)

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this came up to oppose the federalists, they liked weak federal governments giving the state most of the powers. And the democrats like plants as they were more down south where agriculture is the primary force, they also think that the farmers of said plants were good enough to run the country. when these guys came up, they initialized the two party system that we have been stuck with. this 2 party system allows more of the complaints of the people to be catered to than a single party system.

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The Democratic Party Rises (1828)

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this was when the American thought the natives didn't deserve to live on US owned territory, and made them all walk to where the US made them move. The walk was long, cruel, and many did not make the journey, many soldiers even thought this was too harsh. This was a cruel thing that would permanently damage the reputation with native Americans and would cause a large drop on the dwindling population. 

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Indian Removal Act(Trail Of Tears) (1830)

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this was when the Americans thought that they were entitled to own and spread to everything on their country, occupied or not. The Americans would go around and settle wherever they wanted because they thought they had a given right from a higher power. this did nothing but steal more land from the native people, and gave Americans more land to play with.

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the manifests destiny(1840)

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this was when many women were sick of being second class citizens and wanted equal rights to men. so they got together and wrote a document stating their equality to men. this is massively important because it led to women getting equal rights to men including the right to vote.

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The Seneca falls convention (1848)