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Industrial Revolution
The industrial revolution was a huge time in history when factories and machines would replace human hand tools, and this goes on in time today. -
First United States Bank
In 1791, the first bank of the United States was established. Handling financial business would be more simple. -
Cotton Gin Created
In 1793, a man named Eli Whitney had created a machine called the Cotton Gin. The Cotton Gin was a big part of history, and one of the reasons of the Industrial Revolution starting. The cotton gin was used to clean cotton faster, and easier way. Before humans would clean cotton by hand making it only 1 pound a day, but after the cotton gin was created it made it 50 pounds a day per slave. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The tax was intended to payy off the debt caused by the Revolutionary War earlier on. Farmers were upset about this and stopped distilling there grain mixtures into whiskey, as well as refusing to pay tax for whiskey. In Western Pennsylvania, farmers had staged the whiskey rebellion against the tax with violence. General Henry Lee and Alexander Hamilton led an army of13,000 soldiers to put down the uprising, news started spreading and the rebels had fled. -
John Adams Elected President
John Adams was the second president elected in the United States and had one term as president. -
Eli Whitney hired to make muskets
Eli Whitney was hired to make 10,000 muskets by the United States for the military. -
Thomas Jefferson elected
Thomas jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and had two terms as the third presdent of the United States. -
First Steamboat invented
A man named Robert Fulton had created the first steamboat. -
Congress bans the importance of slaves
An act that prohibits anyone to import a slave from outside of the United States. -
The Missouri Compromise was passed
The Missouri Compromise was a series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states, and free states. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine were rules set by the U.S. opposition to Europeans in the West made by the president James Monroe. -
Nat Turner leads a rebellion
Almost 200 years ago, in 1831 a slaved Nat Turner had led the most famous rebellion in U.S. History. He had started a slave revolt all over many different plantations in Southern more Virginia. Turner and the rest of the rebels would go house by house killing slave owners, freeing slaves. After two days of this, Nat and 70 followers killed about 60 white people, and the militia had put a stop to it. Later, Nat and 50 slaves were hung and skinned. -
Bitain Frees Slaves
An act of parliament that abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. -
"Gag Rule" is Passed
The Gag Rule was a series of resolutions passed by parliament to prevent the reading of petitions from electors calling for the abolition of slavery. -
Modern Textile Mill is Created
William Gregg recieved a charter in December of 1845 from the South Carolina legislature to have his company manufacture cotton textiles. -
Nationalism and Sectionalism
Sectionalism is loyalty to the interests of your own region or section of a country, rather than the nation whole. Nationalism is a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward your country. Both nationalism and sectionalism would go around a lot during wars back then -
Clays Compromise is Passed
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed
The Kansas Nebraska act was passed by Congress in 1854 which allowed people in the territories decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their boarders. -
The Pottawatomie Massacre
John Brown found human bondage bad and unthinkable. Him and his wife Mary settled in Kansas to wage a war on the forces of slavery. A few days after the sack of Lawrence, Brown searched for revenge. He was furious that the people of Lawrence had chosen not to fight. He told his followers that they must "fight fire with fire," and they must "strike terror in the hearts of the pro-slavery people." In his eyes, the only just fate for those responsible for the border rowdy laws was death. -
Abraham Lincoln elected
Abe Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. He had done many things that marked history in an a great way. He abolished slavery, led the United States through the Civil War, and preserved the Union. He also strengthened the economy while it was at its worst. Before presidency he was a lawyer in Illinois who was self educated. Lincoln was the very first president assacinated and will go down as one of the best in history.
