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Dunmore's Proclamation
A Proclamation made by Lord Dunmore promising freedom to slaves who deserted their masters and faught for the british army -
Declaration of Independancee
The Declaration of independance was signed by congress -
Yorktown battle
A battle in the U.S. Revolution in the south significant because the British actually surrendered -
Shay's Rebellion
a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
It gave rights to Native americans and outlawed slavery in the 5 new states -
Ratification of The Constitution
Delaware was the first state to ratify the constitution -
Invention of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin and resurected salvery -
The War of 1812
The First Declared war by the U.S. -
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Hartford convention
a series of meetings from December 15, 1814 – January 5, 1815 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, in which New England Federalist Party met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power -
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty that ended the war of 1812 -
MIssouri Compromise
A Compromise passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state trying to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, -
Compromise of 1850
A series of resolutions made to try to compromise the slavery in the land won in the Mexican-American War -
Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854
Act that allowed settlers of a territory to decide whether slavery would be allowed within a new state’s borders -
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln took office -
U.S. CIvil war begins
Southern troops fired unop Union Garrison at Fort Sumter in Charler harbor -
End of Civil war
End of the U.S. civil war
