Cutty sark (ship  1869)   slv h91.250 164

1794-1860 Timeline

  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    The cotton Gin was created by Eli Whitney. The cotton gin was desigined to separate the seed from the cotton, speeding up production. This ment that more slaves would be need to keep production on the cash crop growing.
  • Embargo Act of 1807

    Embargo Act of 1807
    The Embargo Act of 1807 was issued by Thomas Jefferson to stop american ships from sailing to foregin countries, and foregin ship from loading in America.
  • Tariff of Abominations

    Tariff of Abominations
    The Tariff of 1832 was crated by Andrew Jackson to reduce the exsiting tarrifs. It was supposed to reslove conflict created by the 1828 tariff that was named the Tairff of Abominations. It failed to slove the conflict with sptherners leading to the nulification crisis.
  • The missiouri

    The missiouri