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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
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August 9 – The abolitionist Free Soil Party is founded by former president, Martin Van Buren in Buffalo, New York. August 14 – Oregon Territory is established. August 19 – California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States that there is a gold rush in California (although the rush started in ...
August 2 – Wild Bill Hickok is killed during a poker game in Deadwood, Dakota. August 7 – George S. Houston is reelected the 24th governor of Alabama defeating Noadiah Woodruff. August 8 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. September 6 – Southern Pacific line from Los Angeles to San Francisco completed.
January 10 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation. January 31 – The Treaty of Fort Finney, is signed on January 31, 1786, between the United States and certain leaders of the Shawnee. March 26 – Columbia, South Carolina is chartered as the first planned city in the United States.
August 26 – John Fitch is granted a patent for the steamboat in the United States. September 5 – An ordinance is written barring the game of baseball within 80 yards of the Meeting House in Pittsfield, Massachusetts , the first known reference to the game of baseball in North America.
August 2. National Coloring Book Day. National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. August 3. Clean Your Floors Day. National Watermelon Day. August 4. National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. National White Wine ...
The United States, dependent on European revenues from the export of agricultural goods, tried to export food and raw materials to both warring Great Powers and to profit from transporting goods between their home markets and Caribbean colonies. Both sides permitted this trade when it benefited them but opposed it when it did not.