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This was a religious revival among both black and white southerners. African Americans founded their own churches and the number of black preachers, teachers, and converts grew rapidly.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, reshaping the farming industry.
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Poor farmers dont want to pay the tax for the distillation of whiskey. Washington sent troops and crushed the rebelliion, showing his dedication to the preservation of the union.
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The US will nott trade with ports opened during war time that were closed during peace time, Britain will leave forts and allow US to trade in Asia.
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Free US navigation of the Mississppi River, Florida, US drops claims to Texas.
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Federalist, defeatef Thomas Jefferson
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France attacks American ships and makes unreasonable demands.
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It is illegal to say or publish anyhting against the government.
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Gave states the right to nullify laws if unconstitutional; anti-Alien & Sedition Acts
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Gabriel Prosser, a slave preacher and blacksmith, organized 1000 slaves for an attack on Richmond, VA.
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His election marks the peaceful transition of power from Federalist to Republican.
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Thomas Jefferson doubled the US in size after purchasing the US territory from Napoleon.
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Lewis and Clark are sent by Thomas Jefferson to map the Lousiana Territory.
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Trade with Britain and France is banned in an attempt to get them to acknowledge American neutrality.
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National opinion of slavery is changing, and the South continues to be outnumbered by the North in the House.
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All trade with Britain and France resumes.
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This war finally ended opinions of American dependence.
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White Southerners migrate west in masses, bringing their slaves with them, as more and more land is required for cotton production.
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Debate over whether Missouri should be a slave state or a free state causes a crisis. The Missouri Compromise is made further dividing the North and South.
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Rebels planned to seize control of Charleston and escape to freedom in Haiti. They were betrayed by other slaves, and 75 conspirators were executed.
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Nat Turner led a slave rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia, killing five white people.
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This anti-slavery newspaper causes the British to abolish slavery on their West Indies sugar plantations.
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Southern indians are moved west to Indian Territiory in Oklahoma.
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Southern states begin to declare national laws "null and void" within their boundaries. Many states, starting with South Carolina, to call for secession.
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A second migration of white southerners and their slaves occurs.
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This is an example of the southerners baarreicading themselves against "outside" antislavery literature.
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Free African Americans are stripped of all civil rights except for property ownership.
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Hammond claims slavery produced "the highest toned, the purest, the best organizationof society that ever existed on the face of the earth.
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The "Gag Rule" was passed to prevent congressional consideration of abolitionist petitions and debate about slavery in the South.
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Thirty-six African slaves comitted mutiny and were tried for murder on the high seas. The court ruled that under Spanish law, the Mendians were consideered free men and were sent back to Africa.
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Gregg attempted to diversify the Southern economy an bring work for poor whites, but his ideas were rejected the wealthy.
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California enters the Union as a free state, slavery in other areas is determined by popular sovereignity, the slave trade is banned in Washington, and the Fugitive Slave Law is strengthened.
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This book shed the light on the true side of slavery, changing people's opinion in the North and causing outrage in the South.
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The Act creates states for a Railroad to travel west to. Slavery in the states is determined by popular sovereignity, causing the North to fear the overturn of the Missouri Compromise.
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Many are killed in Kansas over slavery conflicts.
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John Brown kills for pro-slavery people.
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Abolitionist materials are burned.
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Slaves are ruled as property to be taken anywhere, allowing slavery in the North, and the Missouri Compromise is ruled unconstitiutional.
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He claims slavery is a social necessity.
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The Dredd Scott decision must be enforced.
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John Brown raids Harpers Ferry to free slaves.
