Lead up to the Civil War By JackBrodin Sep 3, 1783 End of the Revolutionary War Jul 13, 1787 Northwest Ordinace Passed Sep 17, 1787 Signing of the Constitution 1794 Invention of the Cotton Gin Apr 30, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jun 18, 1812 Start of the War of 1812 Apr 27, 1816 Tariff of 1816 Mar 3, 1820 Missouri Compromise May 28, 1830 Indian Removal Act 1831 Garrison begins The Liberator 1831 Trail of Tears beggining Aug 21, 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion Mar 2, 1836 Texan Indepence 1845 Stephen Douglas Autobiography Aug 8, 1846 Wilmot Proviso Jan 24, 1848 Discovery of Gold in California Feb 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1850 Delaney Publishes Blake Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Toms Cabin published 1853 Gadsden Purchase Mar 20, 1854 Creation of the Republican Party May 30, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska act signed 1856 Bleeding Kansas May 22, 1856 Caning of Charles Sumner Mar 6, 1857 Dred Scott Case Oct 16, 1859 John Brown’s Raid Nov 6, 1860 Lincoln Elected as President Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secede Apr 12, 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter Jan 31, 1865 13th Amendment Passed Jul 28, 1868 14th Amendment Passed