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Emerging nation
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Signing of the Decleration of Independence
Them constitutional congress signed a document that stated that the 13 colonies are independent states no longer ruled by Britain -
Battle of Yorktown
After French assistance the continental army forced British Army to surrender in Yorktown Virginia formally winning their independence. -
Treaty of Paris
Great Britian officialy recognized the existence of the independence of the United States. -
Treaty of New York
The Creek Indians sin a traetythat said they surrender their land northeast off the Oconee River but retain the territory southeast of the river. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Provided a mechanism that allowed slave owners to retrieve run away slaves from free northern states. -
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
the cotton gin greatly increased the production of cotton which was supposed to decrease the number of slaves. However southern farmers became even more dependent on slaves. -
Louisiana Purchase
America signed a treaty with France stating that France sold the Louisiana Territory for $15 million. -
Missouri Compromise
An amendment that said everything above the 36°30' parrelel would be free states, and every state below would allow slavery. -
Jacksonian Democracy
Widespread movement for egalitarianism among white men in the 1820's and 1830's named after andrew Jackson. -
Texas Annexation
The United States passed a joint resolution extending an offer of annexation to the Republic of Texas, which Texas accepted becoming part of the United States. -
Secession of South Carolina
The people of South Carolina gathered together and declared that the frquent violation of the constitution gave the people of South Carolina the right to secesed from the union. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
Kansas and Nebraska would be created from the region under the principal of popular sovereignty, which is that the states would choose whether it would be a slave state or a free state.
