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John Locke
Wrote the second treatise of government , and came up with the idea of natural law wihch is a body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Since Sir William Berkley failed to protect Jamestown from an attack by Native Americans, Bacon illegally went on expeditions against the tribes, earned himself an election to the new house of burgesses, and ended up causing Berkly to flee. Therefor gaining control of the colony. -
New York Slave Rebellion
23 slave men met up at night and set fire to a building, when the whites tried to put out the fire the slaves attacked them and ran, killing 9 and injuring 6. This resluted in 70 blacks being arrested and jailed, 27 of the 70 put on trail, and 21 convicted and executed. -
American Revolution 1775-1783
There were many causes of the American Revolution from economic problems to the discontent with autocratic rule. One of the main reasons was taxation without representation in parliament. People did not want to pay taxes on their goods being brought into the docks or sent to England.
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George Washington allows African Americans to join the army
George Washington decided to let blacks fight in the army during the time of the Revolutionary War. He wasnt going to at first because he feared that blacks would use the weapons to revolt , but he realized that the blacks were fighting for whoever promised them freedom and liberty and changed his mind. -
Decleration of Independence
Was a formal legal document that announced to the world the reasons that led the thirteen colonies to separate from the British Empire. Stated that "all men were created equal" which emancipated slaves. -
The Three Fifths Compromise
The three-fifths compromise settled the issue of how slaves will be counted when appropriating taxes in the Union. The agreement was that slave states would pay extra taxes because every slave is counted as 3/5 of a freeman. -
Northwest Ordinance
This ordinance put the world on notice not only that the land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi would be settled but that it would eventually become part of the United States. Before this the land was temporarily forbidden to development. -
Constitution Passed
May to September 1787, the men met in Philadelphia and discussed what should be in the Constitution. After the convention (meetings) ended, the Constitution had to be approved by the 13 states. It actually only had to be approved by 9/13, but everyone wanted all 13 states to agree on it. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment abolished slavery, said every person born in the US was a US citizen regaurdless of his previous status, and allowed blacks to vote. -
Haitian Revolution
In 10 days , the slaves captures the north. They pillaged, raped, tortured and mutilated white owners. Within weeks 100,000 plus slaves were revolting. They ended up killing 4,000 whites and taking over 180 sugar plantations. They gained freedom by 1804. -
Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. The cotton gin could produce over 50 pounds of clean cotton daily, which eliminated a lot of manual labor and increased the production of cotton. -
Fugitive Slave Act
Declared that all runaway slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters. -
Slave Trade Act
The Slave Trade Act of 1794 was a law passed by the US Congress that limited American involvement in the trade of human cargo. This was the first of several acts of Congress that eventually stopped the importation of slaves to the US. -
Gabriels Conspiracy
Two slaves told their owner about Gabriel planning a revolt.
Gabriel escaped to Norfolk but was captured. He was hanged, and so was his two brothers and 23 other slaves. -
Lousiana Purchase
This was the Thomas Jefferson land purchase of roughly half the contiguous united states. Nearly doubled the US. -
Hatian Slave Ends
Faced with the threat of both British and Spanish invasions aimed at taking over the colony with the aid of the rebel slaves, the French government agents abolished slavery in the colony. -
SLavery officially outlawed
In early 1800s, many countries began banning the slave trade. -
Lousiana Slave Rebellion
A slave names Deslondes lead 180 men and women in a rebellion in New Orleans. The group burned plantations and killed two whites. 700 white troops (slave owners, army, etc) went out to get therm. The white mob killed 66 of them and took 22 prisoners. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement between the North and the South and passed by Congress in 1820 that allowed Missouri to be admitted as the 24th state in 1821. -
Nat Turner Slave Rebellion
Nat Turner claimed he saw visions that told him to start a rebellion. He Got a group together and they killed 55 whites.
They were caught and 55 Africans were executed. 200 Africans were killed by white mobs. A lot of the 200 were innocent, but were killed anyway. -
La Amistad
One african on a slave ship freed all the other slaves. They took over the ship.They demanded to be brought back to africa. The ship went north. Another ship, the washington, captured the amistad.Spain demanded slaves back to cuba but the supreme court rules them free. The slaves were able to go back to africa.
