Timeline

Timeline

1. September 17, 1787: US Constitution. The United States Constitution that emerged from the convention established a federal government with more specific powers.

   • 1791-1804: Haitian revolt. The Haitian revolution created the second independent country in the Americans after the US became independent in 1783.
     • 1793: Cotton Revolution. With the cotton gin, cotton became the cash crop.
       • 1794: Ely Whitney's cotton gin . Ely Whitney invited the gin in 1794 and by the 1850 the tool had changed the face of Southern agriculture.
         • 1800's: The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States.
           • 1820: The Missouri Crisis was a financial panic that swept across the United States.
             • May 1822: The Vesey Revolt was led by Denmark Vesey and to a lesser extent, by his accomplice, Peter Poyas.
               • 1846-1848: The United States admitted Texas to the union in 1845.
                 • 1850: the Fugitive Slave Act, it was an important part of the compromise of 1850.
                   • 1852: Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a novel written in this year.
                     • 1854: Kansas Nebraska Act
                       • 1857: Dred Scott Case
                         • 1859: Harpers Ferry Raid.
                           • 1860: Abraham's Election Day.
                             • 1861-1865: Attack on Fort Sumter