SS Unit 3 Timeline By MissMazz 1619 The first Africans slaves are brought to the colonies. African Slaves in the Colonies 1641 The Massachusetts Bay Colony legalizes slavery. Slavery in Massachusetts 1644 *The Great Wall of China is finished.* Great Wall 1663 The first slave rebellion takes place in Virginia. Gloucester County Conspiracy 1739 The first riot among slaves, Stono Rebllion, in South Carolina. Stono Rebellion 1751 The first encyclopedia is published in Paris, France. The First Encyclopedia 1757 *The British Empire in India begins.* British Empire 1762 *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tours Europe as a six year old prodigy.* Mozart 1770 A runaway slave, named Crispus Attucks, is first person killed in the American Revolution, at the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks 1772 Jean Baptiste DuSable is the first resident of Chicago. DuSable 1787 The Constitution of the United States is signed. US Constitution 1789 *The French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille.* French Revolution 1793 Congress passes the first Fugitive Slave Law. Fugitive Slave Law 1793 *Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette are executed in France.* Louis XVI Marie Antoinette 1799 *The Rosetta Stone is discovered in Egypt.* Rosetta Stone 1804 Ohio creates "Black Codes" to counteract the rights of free blacks. Black Codes 1804 Lewis and Clark head west to explore the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804 Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel; Hamilton is killed. Hamilton Burr 1807 *The United Kingdom abolishes slavery (England).* 1808 The United States outlaws the slave trade. End of the African Slave Trade 1811 At the Battle of Tippecanoe, Indigenous peoples, led by Tecumseh, fight and lose a major battle opposing white settlements in the area. Battle of Tippecanoe 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders after a devastating loss at the Battle of Waterloo. Battle of Waterloo 1824 *Mexico abolishes slavery.* 1824 The Erie Canal opens, making New York the "Empire State". Erie Canal 1831 Nat Turner leads a rebellion of enslaved people in Virginia. It is the deadliest slave rebellion in history. Nat Turner's Rebellion 1838 Cherokee people are forced out of their homeland in Georgia, along the Trail of Tears. Trail of Tears 1839 The Supreme Court frees the enslaved people from the "Amistad". La Amistad 1846 The Mexican-American war begins. Mexican-American War 1850 The Compromise of 1850 allows Utah and New Mexico to either permit or ban slavery. Compromise of 1850 1860 The election of U.S. Republican president, Abraham Lincoln leads southern states to secede. Election of Lincoln Secession of Southern States 1863 President Lincoln makes the Emancipation Proclamation, stating that all "persons held as slaves...shall be free." Emancipation Proclamation 1865 Confederate General Robert E. Less surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. Surrender at Appomattox