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| 1791 |
| | | The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states | |
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| 1792 |
| | | The first political parties, Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans, emerge in the USA | |
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| 1800 |
| | | Republican Thomas Jefferson and Federalist Aaron Burr have an identical number of Electoral College votes in the US presidential election | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The Spanish Cortes in Cadiz produces a strikingly liberal new constitution for Spain | |
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| 1821 |
| | | Bolívar defeats the Spanish at Carabobo and liberates, for the second time, his native city of Caracas | |
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| 1822 |
| | | After defeating the Spanish at Pichincha, Antonio José de Sucre enters Quito and liberates Ecuador | |
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| 1824 |
| | | The Republican party in the USA splits into National Republicans and Democratic Republicans | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Conservative 'bigwigs' and liberal 'novices' emerge as Chile's two main political parties | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell wins a sensational by-election victory to join the Westminster parliament | |
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| 1828 |
| | | Adult white males now have the vote in almost all the states of the USA | |
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