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Northwest Ordinances ban slavery in new territories of the Northwest.
Constitution ratified ? acknowledges the existence of slavery indirectly and appears not to give Congress the power to abolish slavery, but sets 1808 as the date when Congress may abolish the slave trade.
Amendment X ratified, guaranteeing states rights.
Congress abolishes the slave trade.
Missouri Compromise issued ? admits Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state; slavery is to be banned -
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Mexican Independence from Spain ? Mexico begins to invite Americans to settle Texas territory under the conditions that the settlers convert to Catholicism and observe Mexican laws, including the abolition of slavery.
Mexico passes anti-colonization law to prevent Americans from further colonizing Texas.
Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing The Liberator.
Nat Turner leads an uprising of approximately 70 slaves in Southampton, Virginia ? 100 Virginia slaves -
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South Carolinaís Ordinance of Nullification ? South Carolina legislature also adopts measures to enforce this ordinance, even allowing for military preparations and secession if the Federal government resorts to force.
Britain abolishes slavery in her colonies ? America is becoming increasingly isolated as a nation that allows slavery
Santa Anna, President of Mexico, proclaims a unified constitution for all Mexican territories, including Texas ? North American settlers in Texas -
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Santa Anna, President of Mexico, proclaims a unified constitution for all Mexican territories, including Texas ? North American settlers in Texas announce that they intend to secede from Mexico rather than give up their "right" to slavery, which Mexico had abolished.
1836 The Battle of the Alamo ? President Santa Anna leads a siege on the Alamo , in an attempt to defend his idea of a unitary state. Mexican soldiers overwhelm the fort, but the Texansí heroic defense of the Alamo inspires Nor -
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Santa Anna, President of Mexico, warns that he would consider the American annexation of Texas as tantamount to a declaration of war against Mexico.
1844 James Polk , Democrat, defeats Whig Henry Clay for the presidency. Polk is somewhat unknown, but his aggressive expansionist views on acquiring Texas, Oregon, and California strike a receptive chord among Americans.
1845 President Polk decides to treat Texas as a state, though it is still Mexican territory under international law. He s -
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Dred Scott case in Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court declares that the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.
1857 Hinton R. Helper publishes the Impending Crisis of the South he argues that slavery has impoverished Southern whites; it is banned in the South.
1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates the two candidates for representative of Illinois meet for a series of seven debates. Slavery is the main subject.
1959 John Brownís raid on Harpers Ferry Brown leads a group of whites and -
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Thoreau publishes "Civil Disobedience," an essay that grew out of his refusal to pay taxes supporting the Mexican War.
1850 President Taylor dies of cholera and vice-president Millard Fillmore assumes office.
Congress adopts the Compromise of 1850, based on the five resolutions as drawn up by Henry Clay. California is admitted as a free state; the territories of New Mexico and Utah are organized without any restriction on slavery, to be decided by popular sovereignty; slave trade is a
