Documents in Year 1818
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Links of Interest:
James Monroe, Fifth U.S. President
(1817-1825)
Design of the United States flag was set, adding stars but no more
stripes for new states.
Statehood
Illinois (21 of 50 States) Admitted 3 Dec 1818
Native Americans:
Creek War 1813-14 and 1817-18
between U.S. and Creek Indians (southeast)
Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996
Technology/Transportation:Debate over Federal
Government building a National Road to the West. Road begun 1818 from
Cumberland to Wheeling, West Virginia.
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