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1783 - America wins the revolutionary war

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1783 - America wins the revolutionary war

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The American Revolution was fought in hopes of gaining complete freedom from Great Britain. Not all of the colonist agreed on what should be done though. The American Revolution was fought between the British colonists, in which were now settlers in the 13 colonies, who were not yet free from Great Britain, and the British government. This eventually lead to the US winning and Britain leaving the Territory. This lead us to buy it and eventually buy slaves to work on this land.

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1783 - Great Britain leaves the US to focus on Europe

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1783 - Great Britain leaves the US to focus on Europe

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The loss of the American colonies was sealed with the end of the American War of Independence. When the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, England acknowledged the existence of the United States of America and their separation from Britain. This eventually, lead to the Louisiana Purchase. Without this happening, slavery wouldn't have been a debate, in which Slavery was the reason the Civil War occured

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The constitution created a law which stated that the Executive has the power to suppress all riots or insurrections to maintain law and order. This meant depending on the president the slaves could have more power protesting and standing up for themselves. This lead to the Civil War because most presidents were trying to stop slavery and would not do much to stop their protesting.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was a law that gave Congress the right to split the Northwest Territory into three to five smaller territories and created a way to govern them. As soon as a territory had 60,000 people, it could apply to Congress to become a state. It also banned slavery in the Northwest Territory. This resulted in tension between the North and the South, ultimately turning into more problems that built the Civil War.

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In 1794, cotton made history. A man named Eli Whitney not only created the cotton gin, but also had made a machine for a cash crop. When cotton was picked off of the stem, the seeds are very sticky, and the process of removing them takes tedious time and effort. Slaves were bought to pick cotton, yet it still wasn't efficient. The cotton gin solved that problem. It goes on a belt that removes all of the seeds from the cotton by a turn of lever. This made the demand for slaves sky rocket. Everyone wanted some to be able to pick and turn the cotton gin for them. This created more stress and tension between the North and the South. The North did not want anymore slaves in the US, but this invention made the total population of enslaved people in the south up to 4 million!

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1801 - Thomas Jefferson is elected president

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1801 - Thomas Jefferson is elected president

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In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected president. Without this, the Louisiana Purchase wouldn't have been negotiated to us. The purchase lead to the Lewis and Clark expedition which eventually lead to Slavery. All of this adds up to the Civil War, and started when he was elected.

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1803 - The Louisiana Purchase was negotiated

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1803 - The Louisiana Purchase was negotiated

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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson wanted New Orleans as a main port so he bought it. However, when Great Britain decided to leave all of the US to focus on Europe, the territory was also negotiated to us. As a result, this purchase doubled the size of the land we had.  This set the stage for expansion to the Pacific Ocean, and set in motion sectional conflicts over slavery that led to the Civil War.

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1804 - Lewis And Clark set off to start what would be an 8,000 mile expedition in under 2.5 years

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1804 - Lewis And Clark set off to start what would be an 8,000 mile expedition in under 2.5 years

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In 1804, Lewis and Clark set off on an expedition in St. Charles, Missouri that would revolutionize us forever. They were going to explore the land what was now ours and the Pacific Northwest. The most noticeable immediate effect was the rise in the northern plains fur trade between 1806 and 1812. With more people wanting to move West, the debate of slavery that eventually lead to the Civil War popped up.

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When the Expedition did meet the Shoshone, Sacagawea helped the Corps communicate, translating along with her husband. As the Corps traveled eastward in 1806, returning to St. Louis, they stopped again at the Mandan and Hidatsa villages. Without her, Lewis and Clark couldn't have made relationships between the tribes, which was one of the many goals they had on their trip. Not only did she help translate, she also taught them all about the environment and terrain. Without her, the expedition may not have succeeded and the land we owned may have never been able to be a place to extend west when Manifest Destiny showed up.

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The 1808 Act imposed heavy penalties on international traders, but did not end slavery itself nor the domestic sale of slaves. Not only did it drive trade underground, but ships caught illegally trading were often brought into the United States and its passengers sold into slavery. This created tension between the North and South. North believed it was not right to bring slaves to work for people in our land, while the South strongly supported it. Because of us not being able to ban the Trans Atlantic slave trade until 1807, the total enslaved population in the South was at its highest with 4 million!

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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. This created more Tension between the North and South, for the Missouri Compromise line is not in the middle of the US. This means that one of 2 sides will have more states in it, therefore bringing up debates on it.

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In 1845, manifest destiny had spread rapidly throughout different regions, classes and political persuasions. When people began rushing west, the tension began rising. Slavery was expanding rapidly and causing problems for every individual who settled to be free

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To the United States, this massive land grab was significant because the question of extending slavery into newly acquired territories had become the leading national political issue. Event after another, the North and the South have been getting more aggressive towards each other, both fighting for what they believe

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The compromise admitted California to the United States as a free state but allowed some newly acquired territories to decide on slavery for themselves. Part of the Compromise included the Fugitive Slave Act, which proved highly unpopular in the North. This law required northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners under penalty of law. This compromise overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas,” as proslavery and antislavery activists flooded into the territories to sway the vote. This created uproar between the North and the South eventually leading to the Civil War.

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The sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, attacked and ransacked Lawrence, Kansas, a town which had been founded by anti-slavery settlers from Massachusetts who were hoping to make Kansas a free state. Soon, Brown would retaliate on the "border ruffiants" (Pro-Slavery). The debate of whether Kansas would be free or a slave state eventually lead to bleeding kansas.

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Fights break out between pro and anti-pro slavery supporters

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Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 55 people were killed between 1855 and 1859. The fighting between the North and South was in anger of the sacking of Lawrence and soon to come raid lead by John Brown.

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In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led 21 men down the road to Harpers Ferry in what is today West Virginia. The plan was to take the town's federal armory and, ultimately, ignite a nationwide uprising against slavery. The raid failed, but six years later, Brown's dream was realized and slavery became illegal. At the time, this was an act of anger on the south, ultimately attacking them in retaliation for supporting slavery.

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Abraham Lincoln v. John C. Breckinridge 

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Lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. His election served as the immediate cause for the outbreak of the Civil War. After being sworn in as president, Lincoln refused to accept any resolution that would result in Southern secession from the Union.

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The Gadsden Purchase is a roughly a 30,000 square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was acquired by the United States in a treaty. After it was acquired, the US had another debate on the same issue. Would it be a Slave or Free state?