Jsu timeline

Jsu timeline

September 17, 1787 The US Constitution was ratified.
!791-!804 The Haitian Revolt.
1794 Eli Whitney created the cotton gin which sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
March 2, 1807 End of International slave trade- Congress abolishes the African slave trade.
May 1822 The Vesey Revolt expressed veiws of equality.
August 1831 Nat Turner led a group of enslaved and free black men in a rebellion.
1846-1848 Mexican American War- first US armed conflict fought on foreign soil.
September 18, 1850 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850- It allowed the capture and return o fugitive slaves to their rightful owners with the territories of the US.
March 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin- Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the anti-slavery book. It was a major influence on the way Americans viewed slavery.
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act- said that new states north of the boundary line could vote on whether or not they want slavery.
March 1857 Dred Scott Case- incensed abolitionists and heightened North-South tensions.
October 16-18, 1859 Haper's Ferry Raid- planned to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia.
1860 Abrham Lincoln- first Republican to win prsidency.
1861-1865 Attack on Fort Sumter- site of first shots of the civil war.
Cotton Revolution
Missouri Crisis
1800s Second Great Awakening- consisted mostly of camp meetings of preaching.

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