Timeline for Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 1789   Ratification of the constitution & 3/5ths Compromise

 1791   Haitian Revolution Begins

 1793   Cotton Gin invented

 1801   Louisiana Purchase

 1803   Haitian Revolution Ends

 1808   Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ends

 1812   War of 1812

 1817   American Colonization Society (ACS) is founded.

 1820   Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise)

 1822   ACS colony of Liberia is established in Africa

 1830   Indian Removal Act is passed by Congress

 1832   Establishment of Two Party System ( Democrats vs. Whigs )

 1832   Telegraph is invented

 1836   Texas Revolution

 1838   Trail of Tears

 1845   Annexation of Texas

 1846   Oregon Territory dispute with Britain is settled

 1846   Mexican-American War begins

 1847   All Mexico Movement

 1848   Mexican-American War Ends – Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

 1850   Compromise of 1850

 1851   Railroad Debates in Congress Begin

 1853   Cuba Annexation Movement Begins

 1854   Kansas-Nebraska Act

 1857   Dred Scott Decision of the Supreme Court

 1860   Abraham Lincoln is elected

 1861   Civil War Begins