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John Locke
John Locke a philosopher held a different more positive views of human nature he believed in natural rights (life,liberty,property). -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy planter led a rebellion in which discontented frontiersmen protested against Native American raids on the frontier as well unfair practices by the Royal Governor of Virginia, William Berkeley. -
New York Slave Rebellion
The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City that took place on April 6, 1712 when enslaved Africans attacked their white owners killing nine and injured another six. The rebellion took place in Lower Manhattan. -
American Revolution 1775-1783
The American Revolution marked other transitions in political thought as well, most notably the growth of new republican ideals, which clashed with the traditional and formerly English set of values. -
George Washington Lifts Ban In African Americans
George Washington lifts ban on African American in the Contentiental army. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is a very important thing in the history of the United States of America. It is a paper which said that the United States is a country not ruled by Great Britain. American people wrote the Declaration in the year 1776. -
Northerwest Ordinance
The law which provided the method for creating new states within the Northwest Territory. The Territory included land which now comprises five states north and west of the Ohio River. It was acquired by the United States from the British under the Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolutionary War in 1783. -
Constitution
The Constitution is the document that created the present government of the United States. It was written in 1787 and went into effect in 1789. -
Three fiths compromise
Conseder black people as 3/5. -
Haitian Slave Revolution
The Haitian Revolution is that the slaves rose up In 1791 and by 1803 had driven the whites out of Saint-Domingue, (the colonial name of Haiti) declaring the independent Republic of Haiti. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act provided southern slaveholders with authorized weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the North (or fugitive slaves) and helped to change many uninterested northerners to anti-slavery. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented a machine for sorting out cotton, removing the seeds and seedpods from the fibers, which automated a manpower-intensive task. -
Slave Trade Act
The Slave Trade Act of 1794 was a law passed by the United States Congress that limited American involvement in the trade of human cargo. -
Gabriel's Conspiracy
Gabriel planned the revolt during the spring and summer of 1800. On August 30, 1800, Gabriel hoped to lead the slaves into Richmond, but torrential rains postponed the rebellion. The slaves' owners had suspicion of the uprising. Before it could be carried out, two slaves told their owner Mosby Sheppard about the plans. -
Louisiana Purchase
On April 30, 1803 the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. -
Haitian Slavery Ends
The slavery in Haiti ends in 1804. -
Slavery Officially Outlawed
The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified by the States. Slavery is abolished. -
Louisiana Slave Rebellion
The Louisiana revolt was led by a man named Charles, a laborer on the Deslonde plantation. The revolt began some 50 or so miles up river from New Orleans. On the evening of January 8, the insurrection spread to the Andry plantation some 35 miles from New Orleans. At about 8 P. M. [enslaved persons] led by Charles and his lieutenants overwhelmed their oppressors. Armed with cane knives, hoes, clubs and few guns, the insurgents marched down the River Road toward New Orleans. -
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 led a rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. A religious leader and self-styled Baptist minister, Turner and a group of followers killed some sixty white men, women, and children on the night of August 21. Turner and 16 of his conspirators were captured and executed. -
La Amistad
La Amistad was the name of a 19th century Spanish slave ship. It was taken over by the slaves and captured by the United States Navy. The case went before the Supreme Court, who decided in favor of the former slaves. This case was a large victory for the abolitionist movement.
