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Bacon's Rebellion
Colonist Nathaniel Bacon, who was tired of Governor William Berkeley ignoring demands of protection from Indian attacks, started a rebellion. People in the same situation, followed him to get support from the attacks. After being denied a militia by the Governor they left the front line turning their sights on Jamestown. After getting the same answer again, they started to burn Jamestown down. This forced Governor Berkeley to flee. Merchants and the Governor’s forces joined together to stop him. -
The Declaration of Independence
A resolution that was passed on June 4, 1767 at the Second Continental Congress that made the American colonies independent from great Britten. This came a year after the start of the American revolutionary war. Thomas Jefferson made the first draft of the declaration and after revising and editing it was unanimously voted in on June 2, 1767 but was ratified on the 4th. -
The Ratifiation of Constitution
On June 21, 1788 the constitution was ratified but it was not in effect until March 4, 1789. The constitution is the basis of the Federal Government splitting it up into three parts, the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. In this there are the fundamental rights and the breakdown of what each of the branch of government covers. It is also written that to change or add to the constitution, three fourths of the states would need to vote in favor of the change. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
While Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, she did not get the patent for the cotton gin until March 14 1794. This made separating the cotton from its seed faster and more efficient way. -
Congress Bans the Importation of Slaves
In the constitution it prevents the right to ban or prohibit the right to importation of such people (slaves) until 1808. Congress started to make a federal law in 1807 that would ban the importation of slaves by stating in the law that no new slaves were to be imported. This was passed in part by some slave states having an excess amount of slaves doing nothing and selling them after the ban they would make a huge profit, since they would have a close monopoly on the sales of slaves. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. To balance the number of "slave states" and "free states," -
David Walker’s Appeal Published
September 1829, David Walker is a radical abolitionist who promotes equal and better rights for black people. This speech was a call to arms for people to take up on the issue of racism the unfair treatment of slaves. -
Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
In an effort to get Indian land President Andrew Jackson passed the Indian removal bill on May 28, 1830. The bill affected the five ‘civilized’ Indian tribes also known as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee-Creek, and Seminole. This was a ‘voluntary’ action that the Indians could take but in reality they were pressured into sighing treaties that were one sided. -
W L Garrison starts The Liberator
Garrison made a newspaper addition called the liberator. It that talks about the abolition of slavery. In 1831, Garrison published the first edition of The Liberator. -
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
A slave rebellion that started on August 21, 1831 when Nat Turner received a message or a vision from ‘God’. The slaves called him ‘Prophet’ because they viewed him as an actual messenger of god. The rebellion started a week after Nat Turner saw the sun appear as a bluish-green instead of yellow due to atmospheric disturbances. The rebellion started with a few trusted slaves and quickly grew to 70 slaves and undeterminable amount of free-blacks. Before the rebellion ended they killed 60 people. -
Texas Declares Independence
In 1836 Texas declares independence from Mexico after a revolution started in 1835 because of multiple reasons. Some of the reasons being: the government invited settlers to Mexico promising the rights of their constitution and then denied the settlers of those rights like being able to keep and bear arms and trial by jury were denied. And on top of all of that there was no system of public education and there was no freedom of religion. All of that leads to Texas declaring independence. -
Calhoun delivers Slavery as a Positive Good Speech
In 1837 Calhoun delivers a speech saying that slavery is good to the U.S. Senate. This lead to make abolitionist angry. This is the second meeting of speeches. This is when the pro slavery people get together in a restaurant and then the abolitionist crash the meeting. -
Invention of the Telegraph
Invented in May 24, 1844 by Samuel Morse The telegraph was a huge advancement on the relay of information across distances. This helped spread news and information that would have otherwise taken days to spread. -
Election of Polk
In 1844 the presidential elections happened between Henry Clay and James Polk. Behind this election were the different views on land. While James Polk is for the expansion of land and the manifest destiny, which many people supported and wanted. Henry clay did not support the manifest destiny and actively went against it played a major part of elections along with economic reasons. -
Frederick Douglass published his Narrative
Frederick douglass makes a outstanding autobiography about his life and published it in the year 1845. The first meeting of speeches is about this narrative and how the role players reacted to the work of Frederick Douglass. -
The Annexation of Texas
In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas and admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. The U.S. thus inherited Texas' border dispute with Mexico; this quickly led to the Mexican-American War, during which the U.S. captured additional territory. -
The Mexican War
In April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 the US was at war with mexico. The US was claiming territory. Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from spring 1846 to fall 1847. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California, then invaded parts of Northeastern Mexico and Northwest Mexico. -
The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills passed in the United States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) -
Dred Scott v Sandford Decision
It made two main rulings. The first ruling was that African Americans were not citizens, and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court. The second ruling was that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in any territory acquired subsequent to the creation of the United States. -
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
it was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's raid, accomplished by 20 men in his party -
The Civil War
was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The war had its origin in the issue of slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. -
The 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished, and continues to prohibit, slavery, and, with limited exceptions, prohibits involuntary servitude. The 13th amendment was ratified on January 31, 1865. -
The 14th Amendment
The 14th, intended to protect the civil rights of former slaves and it’s a Citizenship Clause and provides a broad definition of citizenship. The 14th amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th amendment banned racial restrictions on voting. The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870.
