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French and Indian War
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Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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American Revolution
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Articles Of Confederation
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Ratification of the Constitution
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George Washington's Presidency
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First Bank of the US
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Bill of Rights is adopted
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John Adams' Presidency
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
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James Madison's Presidency
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James Monroe's Presidency
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Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the event where Missouri asked the U.S. government for the permission to be a slave state. Missouri even threatened to secede if their wishes weren't met, so the compromise happened. It had 2 parts: The Government allowed Missouri to be a slave state, and Maine a free state, so both free states and slave states were balance, they also banned slavery above the latitude of 36 30 except for Missouri. -
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John Quincy Adams' Presidency
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American Anti-Slavery Society
The American Anti-Slavery Society was a group/organization that was used as a platform for abolitionist's to further their Anti-slavery message. In just 5 years affter it was established, it had 250,000 members, and they had meetings, speeches, and gave out pamphlets just for slave supporters. The slave supporters violently attacked the society on many occasions. -
Burning abolitionist literature
A mob of slavery supporters burnt abolitionist literature in Charleston, South Carolina (mostly pamphlets), and most of these pamphlets were made by the Anti Slavery Society. -
Gag Rule
The Gag Rule was a rule that was set by Congress/The House of Representatives, which was caused by the abolitionists and the AAA (American Anti-Slaver) society sending too many petitions to do something about slavery to Congress. The rule lasted for 8 years, but was finally when Northern congressman opposed it, it was eventually taken down in 1844. -
Burning Pennsylvania Hall
A mob of slave supporters in Philadelphia burnt down a building called Pennsylvania Hall, which was used for abolitionist meetings. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise was caused when the U.S. gained land from Mexico, and there were disagreements between whether to not allow slavery or allow it. The Compromise had 3 parts, part 1 was that California would be a free state, part 2 is that people living in New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah were allowed to vote on whether slavery would be allowed, part 3 is that the slave trade in Washington D.C. was terminated. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was included in the Compromise of 1850, it was an act that made all U.S. Marshals and Deputies required to aid in finding runaway slaves for the slave owners. This act severely hurt the chances of a slave escaping from the South to the North. Abolitionists of course disagreed with this act, and felt as if the North shouldn't obligated to comply with it. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that was made/published to refute and respond to the Fugitive Slave Act. It explained the true horrors of slavery, and thus caused many people to become abolitionists, this of course, made pro-slavery people angry. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act was a bill that canceled the Missouri Compromise line and allowed Kansas and Nebraska to have slavery if they had a popular vote towards it. This made abolitionists made, since it gave more room for slavery to expand and possibly flourish. -
Bleeding Kansas
This event occurred when people went to Kansas to make sure their side won the popular vote for slavery or anti-slavery. The disagreements eventually caused violence to break out, and over 200 people died. -
Dred Scott Decision
The Dred Scott Decision was a case when Dred Scott, a slave, sued so that he could get freedom. He did this because his master took him from the free territories, and put him into slavery. However, the court ruled against Dred Scott because slaves weren't U.S. citizens, so he wasn't free and didn't have the power to sue. The court also added that Congress didn;t have power to abolish/outlaw slavery, since any state could be a slave state. -
John Brown's Raid
This raid was started by John Brown and 22 other men, who raided Harpers Ferry, attemping to rise a rebellion by getting weapons and freeing other slaves. In just 24 hours, Brown was captured and hung due to counts of treason, murder, and conspiracy to induce a slave rebellion against him. -
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was so disliked in the South that he didn't even appear on most of the ballots in Southern States. They opposed him due to the possibility of him abolishing slavery. -
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The Secession
The Secession occured when many Southern States seceded, because they were scared that Lincoln would end slavery. The states that seceded were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee, -
Fort Sumter
When Abraham Lincoln became president, he didn't allow states to leave their country. He didn't want to fight a war unless the South instigated one. Eventually, the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, which was backed up by federal troops called by Lincoln. This sparked the Civil War.