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Worcester v. Georgia

The US Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that Georgia’s laws did not apply to Cherokee tribal lands.

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Mexican recognition of Texas independence

Gen. Sam Houston’s troops defeated the Mexican Army and captured Santa Anna, forcing him to recognize Texas independence.

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Gadsden Purchase

In the Gadsden Purchase, Mexico sold the United States 29,640 square miles of territory south of the Gila River (in what is now southern Arizona and New Mexico) for $10 million.

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Liberia founded

The American Colonization Society founded Liberia as a colony for free blacks from the United States.

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American Society for the Promotion of Temperance founded

The American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was founded in Boston upon the resolution for “suppression of the intemperate use of intoxicating liquors.”

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Andrew Jackson elected president

Democrat Andrew Jackson defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams to win the presidential election of 1828.

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Andrew Jackson re-elected

Andrew Jackson beat out Henry Clay of Kentucky and third-party candidate William Wirt of Maryland to be re-elected president.

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Martin Van Buren elected president

Martin Van Buren was elected president of the United States.

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First Married Women’s Property Act

Mississippi passed the first Married Women’s Property Act, protecting the rights and property of married women.

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William Henry Harrison elected president

William Henry Harrison was elected president of the United States over incumbent Martin Van Buren.