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second great awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Christian revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. -
Benjamin Franklin dies
He was 84 years old.
His funeral in Philadelphia attracted the largest crowd of mourners ever known. An estimated 20,000 people crowded around the Christ Church Burial Ground where he was buried beside his wife Deborah Read Rogers Franklin who had died sixteen years before him. -
rhode island joined the union
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First national cencus
The First national census finds 3,929,214 persons eligible to be counted -
1st African American churches
George Leile, a slave who in 1773 was the first African American licensed by the Baptists to preach in Georgia, played a part in the founding of the Savannah church by converting some of its early members. His initial licensing as a Baptist was to preach to slaves on plantations along the Savannah River, in Georgia and South Carolina. -
vermont joined the union
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Bill Of Rights
The first ten amendments (Bill of rights) go into effect -
kentucky joined the union
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cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin so that cotton seeds and "fluff" could be seperated -
tennessee joined the union
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president george washington gets out of office
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president john adams is enagurated
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French revolution ends
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George Washington died
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Prosser revolt
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president john adams leaves office
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president thomas jefferson takes office
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ohio joined the union
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lewis and clark
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Virginia tightens law on manumission of slaves
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Congress prohibits U.S. participation in international slave trade
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thomas jefferson leaves office
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james madison takes office
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louisiana joined the union
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war of 1812
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Russians
Russians build Fort Rossiia (Ross) 90 miles north of San Francisco -
Alabama fever
Alabama Fever was a land rush when many families moved to Alabama from Georgia and Tennessee as the demand for cotton started to grow larger. -
indiana joined the union
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james madison leaves office
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james monroe takes office
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mississippi joined the union
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illinois joined the union
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Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the unorganized territory of the Great Plains and permitted it in Missouri and the Arkansas Territory -
alabama joined the union
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maine joined the union
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missouri joined the union
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Denmark Vesey's conspiracy in Charleston
Denmark Vesey was an African American slave brought to the United States from the Caribbean of Coromantee background. After purchasing his freedom, he planned what would have been one of the largest slave rebellions in the United States. Word of the plans was leaked, and at Charleston, South Carolina, authorities arrested the plot's leaders before the uprising could begin. Vesey and others were tried, convicted and executed. Although it was almost cer -
james monroe leaves office
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john quincy adams takes office
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john quincy adams leaves office
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andrew jackson takes office
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nat turner's revolt in Virginia
Nat Turner's Rebellion was a slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55–65 people, The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for several months afterward. -
The Liberator
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Nullification crisis
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Flush Times
Flush times was a series of sketches by Joseph G. Baldwin -
virginialegislature debates and defeats a measure for gradual emancipation
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Britain frees slaves throughout the empire, including in its Caribbean colonies
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Charleston crowd burns abolithonist literature
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tightening of black codes
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Gag rule
A gag rule is a rule that limits or forbids the raising, consideration or discussion of a particular topic by members of a legislative or decision-making body. -
arkansas joined the union
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James Henry Hammond anounces that slavery is not evil
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michigan joined the union
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andrew jackson leaves office
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martain van buren takes office
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martain van buren leaves office
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william henry harrison takes office
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President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia
The president died of pneumonia, which he got from his enagurall address becouse he did not wear a scarff -
John Tyler takes office after death of President Harrison
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florida joined the union
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John tyler leaves office
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james knox polk takes office
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texas joined the union
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iowa joined the union
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William Gregg opens model textile mill.
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wisconson joined the union
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James knox polk leaves office
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zachary taylor takes office
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There's G O L D in them thar hills!
There's G O L D in them thar hills! Invasion of California begins The gold rush begins!!!! -
President Zachary taylor died in office
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Millard Fillmore takes office
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california joined the union
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Millard Fillmore leaves office
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Franklin Pierce takes office
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Sociology for the South
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Cocaine
Cocaine extracted from cocoa leaves, but has no legitimate use (ever!) -
The Impending Crisis
The Impending Crisis of the South is a book that was a strong attack on slavery as inefficient and a barrier to the economic advancement of whites. -
Franklin Pierce leaves office
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james Buchanan takes office
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minnesota joined the union
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Theodore Roosevelt was born
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Anna ("Bamie" or "Bye"), Theodore ("Teedie" to his family and very close friends. He hated to be called "Teddy"),
Elliott ("Ellie") and Corinne ("Coney"). -
king cotton
Cotton is King is a speech that James Henry Hammond gave to the southerners -
oregon joined the union
