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the stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London -
the invention of the cotton gin
eli whitney is the inventor of the cotton gin, it was invented in the untied states but was not validated until 1807 -
embargo act of 1807
was a general Embargo that made any and all exports from the United States illegal. It was sponsored by President Thomas Jefferson and enacted by Congress -
the missouri compromise
was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri...At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. -
the tariff of abominations
was a protective tariff passed by the congress of the untied states and was cretaed to protect indusrty in the northern untied states -
uncle toms cabin
is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe -
uncle toms cabin
was a novel about anti slavery also had alot of information on the cicil war -
bledding kansas
bledding kansas was a series of violent confrontations in the untied states involing anti slavery and pro slavery -
the kansas nebraska act
was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
the dred scott case
was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court held that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, -
john brown raid
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry -
the election of 1860
abraham lincoln wa selected preisdent in 1860, questions were asked about the expanison of slavery and rights for slave owners,this election took place in the US, southern sates declared their secession from the US and fromed the confedracy and started the american civil war
