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Slavery begins in Southern Plantations
Southerners had large plantations in which they needed help. The North generally had factories and not many farms, so they didn't need any slaves. The south began to enslave African Americans to use them to help tend their farms. -
Triangle Trade
The triangle trade was a trading system between America and other countries. America traded molasses, rum, tobacco, indigo, and much more for bussiness necessities. Generally, they would trade items for slaves from Africa. This helped the growth of slavery. -
Proclamation of 1763
In the fall of 1763, decree was issued by King George III that prohibited the North American colonists from establishing or maintaining settlements west of an imaginary line running down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Revolutionary War
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3/5th Compromise
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War Hawks
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War of 1812
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was when there were 11 slave states and 11 free states. Then, Missouri joined the Union, and the Congress wanted it to be a slave state. Maine joins the Union as well, and Henry Clay decides that Maine would be a free state and Missouri would be a slave state, that way, there would be an even amount of free and slave states. -
Mexican War
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Wilmot Proviso is banned
The Wilmot Proviso would've banned slavery in any states part of the Mexican Cession lands. This law was not passed by the Congress. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Free-Soil Party was formed
It was a party formed by anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats. It didn't last long. -
Compromise of 1850
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is written
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Republican Party was formed
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Buchanan Wins Election
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Dred Scott Case
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John Brown's Raid
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Lincoln is elected President
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Confederacy was Formed
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Battle at Fort Sumter
