road to the civil war

By sethr18

  • first slaves arive to english colonies

    First African Salves arive to the English Colonies. It was the start of the Southern colonies becoming depandent on slavery.

  • The French Indian War

    WHAT: The french indian war starts against France and British that lasted for 7 years. WHY: colonists in the south didnt want to spend money on a militia that was fighting the french and the north did.

  • Declaration of Independence

    Fighting broke out in the south bc in the Declatation of Independence gave more power to the Federal Gov instead of state goverment. North wanted Federal Gov.

  • Fighting in the South

    Loyalists in the South were fighting the Patriots in the North. british soilders tried to gain trust of the Southern colonists. Nathanal Green and Daniel Morgon joined forces with the North to fight against General Word Wallace in one of the bloodiest wars in the American Rev.

  • Argument over Constitution

    North and South disagreed

  • Eli Whitney Invents Cotton Gin

  • The War of 1812

    The South wanted to trade with Brittan and France and also wanted Spanish Florida the North wanted the South to trade with them and put in a protective tariff on foreign trade.

  • 11 free states in the US 11 slave states

  • Missouri Compromise

    There was debate if Missouri should be a slave state or not

  • Annexation of texas

  • Mexican American War

  • The Rise of the Free Soil Party

  • Free Soil Party

    Antislavery members of both parties who met in Buffalo,NY