Events for the 1850s

By nthurlow

  • Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions written

    political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
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    Events of the 1850s

  • Hartford Convention

  • Tariff of Abominations passed

  • South Carolina Tries to Nullify

  • Abolition of Slavery Act

  • Texas declares independence from Mexico

  • James Polk Elected

  • Mexican War

  • Wilmot Proviso

  • California Enters the Union

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Fugitive State Law enacted

  • formation of Constitutional Union Party

  • Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

  • Kansas- Nebraska Act Passed

  • Formation of the Republican Party

  • "Border Ruffians" Attack Lawrence

  • Charles Sumner Attacked

  • Pottawatomie Creek

  • Dred Scott decision announced

  • Lecompton constitution Passed

  • Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  • Raid at harper's Ferry

  • Election of 1860

  • democrats split in 1860