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1729, The Carolina Divide, North and South.
Political disagreement between the North and South of Carolina escalated into the 1720s, leading to the division into South and North Carolina in 1729. The South continued with their farming in rice and the North continued to produce turpentine for ship building -
1741, The new York conspiracy trial
This was a trial of slaves in New York. As the Population of New York increased, the slave populations outnumber the slave owners or Merchants. There was an outbreak of fires in the city. Fearing that what happened in Georgia in the Stono rebellion will happen to them, they accused the slaves of conspiracy and tried some, executing seventeen of them, thirteen black slaves were burnt, four whites hanged and seventy sold to the west Indies. -
May 1754-1763, The French Indian War.
This was actually a war between the British and French which started as a result of the British company's expansion of lands in the west of Pennsylvania for the cultivation of more tobaccos the prices were then been stagnant. At this time, the french also claimed ownership of the land. This Allied the french with some natives as well as the English and some. There was also war in Europe at this time between France and England. -
1763, The treaty of Paris
This was an agreement sign between Great Britain and France. this agreement was detrimental to the french as they lost colonies in North America, in the west Indies and even in west Africa. It gave the British the momentum that they were super powers and they can rule the world by extending their empire. -
1765, The Stamp Act of 1765.
The French Indian war or the War for the colonist, created a lot of financial problems for Great Britain. The war made them to be in debt and there was hardship in Great Britain. People were there were also taxed and this made them more resentful to the Government and they stated that, the colonies should foot the bills because they are the beneficiaries of the war. The stamp act imposes tax on every printed material used in the colony. -
March 5, 1770, The Boston Massacre
The idea of taxation in the colony created a lot of descent among the colonist. during this period, various groups were formed in Boston and one member started communicating to other colonies as well as to Great Britain. because of the resentment, Great Britain sent troops to Boston to enforce the payment if duties. These troops were attacked by the Bostonians and they interned fired at them killing five of them. -
April 1783. Slaves gained status of 3/5th white.
With the declaration of independence and establishments of a congress, colonies were asked to tax their populations for revenues for war and for the money to be given to congress. The population of states were determined by including slaves freed and not freed. Most colonies failed to meet their commitments. so slaves were then counted as 3/5th of whites so that their owners will get tax breaks thus they met their commitments. -
1800, The Revolution and the change to Democratic-Republican.
The federalist were having problems among themselves and one of them wrote a letter about the then President Adams about his policies on France. The divide among them led to the election of Thomas Jefferson whose focus was to make the United states the breadbasket of the world. -
1812, The War of 1812
This was the second time the United states is going to war with great Britain. This is because Great Britain were taking American Sailors on the high seas to fight on their sides and also the British allied with the Indians to fight against the United States expansion in the Great Lakes.
