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timeline for history 201
  1. Vesey Revolt (1767- 1822) :The Vesey Revolt was led by Denmark Vesey (1767-1822) and to a lesser extent, by his accomplice, Peter Poyas (Higginson, 229). Vesey was a literate and very intelligent black man who had purchased his freedom in January of 1800; he was the only free black to take part in the revolt. The revolt was planned to occur on an unknown date in May of 1822 near Charleston, South Carolina
    1. US Constitution (1789) :The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.
      1. Second Great Awakening (1790) : The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States.
        1. Haitian revolt (1791) :slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Republic of Haiti.
          1. Ely Whitney's cotton gin (1794) :This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.
            1. End of International slave trade (1807) : In 1807 Britain, which held extensive, although mainly coastal colonial territories on the African continent (including southern Africa), made the international slave trade illegal, as did the United States in 1808.
              1. Missouri crisis (1819) :first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States[1] followed by a general collapse of the American economy persisting through 1821.[2][3] The Panic announced the transition of the nation from its colonial commercial status with Europe[4] toward an independent economy, increasingly characterized by the financial and industrial imperatives of central bank monetary policy, making it susceptible to boom and bust cycles.[5][6]
                1. Nat Turner rebellion (1831) :Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831.
                  1. Mexican American War ( 1846- 1848) :The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848.
                    1. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 :The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed the capture and return of fugitive slaves to their rightful owners within the territories of the United States. It was one of the five acts included in the Compromise of 1850.
                      1. Uncle Tom's Cabin ( 1852) :Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly, is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War",
                        1. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) :The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
                          1. Dred Scott case (1856) : Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 US 393, also known simply as the Dred Scott case, was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law.
                            1. Harper's Ferry raid (1859) :John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
                              1. Election of Abraham Lincoln ( 1860) :In 1860, Lincoln won the party’s presidential nomination. In the November 1860 election, Lincoln again faced Douglas, who represented the Northern faction of a heavily divided Democratic Party, as well as Breckinridge and Bell.
                                1. Attack on Fort Sumter (1861) :Gen. Beauregard, in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, South Carolina, demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Anderson refused.
                                  1. Cotton Revolution ( 1861) :During the second half of the 17th century, cotton goods were imported from India. Because of the competition with the wool and the linen industries, in 1700, the government placed a ban on imported cotton goods. Cotton had become popular, however, and a home-based cotton industry sprung up using the raw material imported from the colonies. Since much of the imported cotton came from New England, ports on the west coast of Britain, such as Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow, became important in determining the sites of the cotton industry.
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