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1619 first slaves arrive in Jamestown
august 1619 a Dutch ship arrives in Jamestown because of a hurricane , on board it had 20 enslave Africans. this event marked history by planting the early seed of slave trade in America . -
Bacon Rebellion
The bacon rebellion in 1676. led by free unemployed,landless servants. was the shift from indenture servants to a more cheaper and efficient work force, SLAVES .this led to the Civil War due todiagreements over slavery -
1793 invention of cotton gin KING COTTON.
The invention of the cotton gin made growing cotton profitable and increased demand for slaves. This crated a way of live and how people made money ,making slaves a essential work force ,that led to mayor differences between the north and the south in the CIVIL WAR . -
1819 Missouri compromise
In1819 the union was equally balanced, 11 free states and ,11 slave states. Whit the admission of Missouri as a free state the balance would be lost . Therefore the 36'30 parallel was made dividing line for future slave & free states ,and Maine was admitted as a slave state in the Louisiana Purchase territory. This led to the Civil war because it divided the union in slave states and free states crating nationalism between the north and the south. -
1848 mexican American war
Athe end of the Mexican american war in 1848 the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was made . this added the territory of California and New Mexico to the union. this even event brought the question of adding states outside the Louisiana Perches as a free or slave state , ledinung to the civil war conflict for the right of owning slaves . -
1850 compromise
in 1850 Henry Clay came up with the compromise of admitting the state of California as a free state and aiding that the new territory acquired from Mexico would be under popular Sovereignty , the abolition of slave TRADE. this led to the Civil War because was a step to abolition of slavery completely . -
1850 Fugitive slave law
The fugitive slave law forced the Northern to enforce the law to retorn fugitive slaves ,and if opposition to enforce the law or try to help a runaway slave will result in punishment . This angered northerns that where fighting for slaves and in south it satisfied slave owners. Causing strong tension between both sides. -
1852 Uncles Tom Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe a northern writer , published Uncles Tom Canin in 1852. This fictional novel described the horrible relationships between slave owners and slave workers. Therefore for most of northerners took this as the inhuman reality leading for more soport for the abolition of slavery . Causing the Civil war . -
1855 Bleeding Kansas
In Pottawatomie Creek Kansas FIVE pro slavery settlers were murder and mutilated by John Brown and his mean. This types of events in Kansas increase political tension between the north and the south, as the result of the Kansas Nebraska act . anti slavery and pro slavery stared fighting each other this led to the Civil War . -
1860 Election of Abraham Lincoln
In November of 1860 Lincoln was elected president and in January , 11 states secessided the union ,North & South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi,Florida ,Georgia , Texas , Virginia,Arkansas and Tennessee. Fearful of the position of Abraham Lincoln in the abolition of slavery . This led to the Civil War because it completely divided the Unió.
