If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we should never have become a nation; for they were in a small minority, as compared with those who claimed the right to rule over them.
— Lysander Spooner
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In 1824, the Bureau of Indian Affairs was created by the U.S Department of War.
In 1861, the Confederate States of America adopted its constitution.
In 1888, a severe blizzard began along the eastern seaboard, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.
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