Road To the Civil War By griffithsm18 Sep 5, 1619 First Slaves in the 13 Colonies First African slaves taken to America and it is the start on southern economies dependence on slave labor. Apr 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Apr 4, 1790 Popular Soveriety Apr 4, 1793 Cotton Gin Period: Apr 4, 1800 to Apr 4, 1900 Underground Railroad Apr 4, 1820 Missouri Compromise Apr 4, 1820 Industrial Revolution Jun 7, 1820 North Stops Owning Slaves Apr 4, 1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion Jul 6, 1831 Slave and Cotton Demand Go Up Apr 4, 1836 Annexing Texas Apr 4, 1848 Mexican American War Apr 4, 1848 The Free Soil Party Formation Apr 4, 1848 Election of 1848 Apr 4, 1848 Wilmor Proviso Apr 5, 1850 Calhoun died Apr 5, 1850 Created Compromise of 1850 Sep 9, 1850 California requests to join Union Apr 6, 1852 Kansas- Nebraska Act Apr 6, 1853 Bleeding Kansas Apr 6, 1854 John Brown's Raid Apr 6, 1856 Election of 1856 Apr 6, 1856 Licomln- Douglas Debates Apr 4, 1860 Abraham's Election Apr 4, 1861 Civil War
