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Battle of Lexington & Concord
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Battle of Lexington & Concord
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Whitney invents cotton gin
Eli Whitney's Impact(http://norlinhistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-eli-whitney-got-his-groove-back.html)The cotton gin drastically increased the number of slaves southern whites needed to cultivate their land. Increased cotton production encouraged farmers to increase the number of slaves they owned and between 1800 and 1850 the price of a slave went from $50 to as much as $1000. -
Missouri Compromise
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Dred Scott Case
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