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1787. The Northwest Territory created. 15, 83, 102
The Constitutional Convention provided for

the abolition of the slave trade in 1808,

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1788. The slave trade prohibited in Massachusetts .
1789. The Federal Constitution ratified

Northwest Ordinance enforced by Act of
Congress

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1790. First census of the United States taken
North Carolina ceded its western lands to
United States.

1792.

Kentucky admitted into the Union

1793. Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
The first fugitive slave law enacted

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1794. The Eleventh Amendment (State sover-
eignty) adopted by Congress.

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1796. Tennessee admitted into the Union
1798. Territory of Mississippi organized, with
slavery restriction regulation

State sovereignty resolutions adopted by Vir-
ginia

1798-1799. Kentucky resolutions as to State sover-
eignty adopted

1802. Georgia ceded its western lands to United

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1804. Louisiana Territory organized, with restric-

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tions on slavery

Louisiana admitted into the Union

1814. The Hartford Convention declared the right

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1821.

1828.

Missouri Compromise fixed northern limit of
slavery

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The slave trade declared piracy
Missouri admitted into the Union
The "Tariff of Abominations" (the cause of
the southern nullification movement) en-
acted

The South Carolina legislature adopted Cal-
houn's nullification exposition

1830. The Webster-Hayne debate on the nature of
the Union occurred

1832. The Anti-Slavery Society organized

Ordinance of nullification passed by South
Carolina

President Jackson issued his anti-nullification
proclamation to the people of South
Carolina

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1836. Arkansas admitted into the Union .
The Methodist Episcopal Church pronounced
against its interference with slavery .
Michigan admitted into the Union
1840. New York State passed the first of the per-
sonal liberty laws

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1845. Florida admitted into the Union.

Texas, the last slave State admitted into the

Union

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1846. Iowa admitted into the Union as a free State, 12, 19 1847. Personal liberty laws passed by Pennsyl

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Treaty of peace signed with Mexico.
"Upper California" acquired from Mexico
Personal liberty laws passed by Rhode
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1849. California organized a State government
1850. California admitted into the Union as a free
State

The slave trade abolished in the District of
Columbia

The slave territory extended to the Pacific,
below the line of 36° 30′ . .

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The Territory of New Mexico organized Georgia and other States threatened to secede 1853. The Mesilla Valley purchased from Mexico. 1854. The slavery line of Missouri Compromise in

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validated by the Kansas-Nebraska Bill 22, 91 Kansas and Nebraska organized as Territories 23 Personal liberty laws passed by Vermont,

Rhode Island and Connecticut . 88, 136 Republican Party organized

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Personal liberty laws passed by Maine, Mas-
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1857. Slave State Constitution adopted in Kan

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The Dred Scott decision declared slavery rightful throughout the United States 25, 97

1858. Minnesota admitted into the Union
Personal liberty laws passed by Kansas and
Wisconsin

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1858. The Republican party's attitude toward slav

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ery set forth by Lincoln at Springfield 98-111

1859. Oregon admitted into the Union.

Personal liberty law passed by Ohio.

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December 14. Manifesto issued by Southern
Congressmen and senators in favor of a
Southern Confederacy

December 18. Crittenden introduced in the
Senate a compromise resolution to fix
boundary between slave and free soil
December 20. South Carolina passed Ordi-
nance of Secession

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December 20. South Carolina published
"Declaration of Causes" of secession and
"Address to the People".

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1861. January 8. The Star of the West fired upon

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off Sumter
January 10-February 1. Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas

passed secession ordinances

January 29. Kansas admitted into the Union
under a free State constitution

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February 4. Confederate Provisional Con-
gress assembled

February 8. Constitution of the Confederacy
adopted

March 4. Proposed Thirteenth Amendment,
perpetuating slavery, signed by Buchanan

April. Fort Pickens relieved.

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April. The provisioning of Fort Sumter or-
dered
April 13.
Fort Sumter fired on
April 14. Fort Sumter evacuated

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April 18. Harper's Ferry abandoned

April 19. The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment

attacked at Baltimore

April 19. Blockade ordered of Confederate

April 20. Gosport Navy Yard abandoned
April 20. Robert E. Lee resigned his commis-
sion in the United States army .

Robert E. Lee appointed com-
mander in chief of the forces of Vir-

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May 13. North Carolina seceded

May 13. Great Britain issued proclamation

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August 30. Frémont's Missouri emancipa

tion proclamation issued
October 3. Battle of Corinth

October 21.
The battle of Ball's Bluff
October 31. McClellan appointed to succeed
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November. The president recommended Con-
gress to enact compensated emancipation
November 7. Forts Beauregard and Walker

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captured

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November 8. Mason and Slidell, the Con-
federate commissioners to Europe, seized

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