| Date |
 |
Politics and Empire |
|
Art and Literature |
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| 1796 |
|
Birth of Asher Durand |
|
| 1801 |
Thomas Jefferson becomes President |
Birth of Thomas Cole |
|
| 1802 |
|
Foundation of the American Academy of the Fine Arts in New York |
|
| 1803 |
The 'Louisiana Purchase': France sells the Louisiana Territory to the United States |
|
|
| 1804 |
|
Birth of Fitz Hugh Lane |
|
| 1804-6 |
Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark lead a government-sponsored
expedition through the Louisiana Territory to find a route from St Louis to the Pacific Coast |
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