The Life Of Robert E. Lee

By Sejla

  • Factory System

    A system of manufacturing by which individuals, paid by wage, make one part of a total product. This product would be produced from start to finish under one roof. This increased factory efficiency.

  • Born

    Robert E. Lee was born in Stratford Hall in Virginia.

  • Madison is President

    James Madison is elected as the President.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Misssouri becomes a slave state.

  • Erie Canal

    The 363-mile Erie Canal connected the Hudson River to Lake Erie. This meant goods from NYC could travel all the way to the Northwest Territory quickly and by means of water travel. Although the canal cost $7 million to build, it made NYC the greatest shipping and trading center in the country.

  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams is elected president.

  • Robert enters the Military

    Robert E. Lee joins the U.S. Military.

  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson is elected president.

  • Underground Railroad

    Slave escape route.

  • Andrew Jackson Reelected

    Andrew Jackson serves second term as president.

  • Martin Van Buren

    Matin Van Buren elected as president.

  • Depression

    The panic of 1837 begins

  • Ranked Brevet Major

    Due to the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Robert gets promoted to the rank of Brevet Major.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    peace treaty

  • communist manifesto

    karl marx publishes the commnist manifesto

  • uncle toms cabin

    anti salvery novel published

  • dred scott supreme court

    supreme court case

  • Abraham Lincoln elected

    Abraham Lincoln elected as president

  • Lincoln Inaugurated

    lincoln is Inaugurated

  • Civil War start

    The Civil War begins in the U.S. between the North:Union and South:Confederate.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Freed slaves in the south.

  • Died

    Robert E. Lee died in Lexington City in Virginia.