First Blacks Brought to America
It was not any one event but a series of events that led to the Revolutionary War
The following events represent the major events along the way to war. While there are still a few who claim that the Civil War was fought over state rights, almost every historian shares the opinion that the Civil War was fought over slavery. Yes state rigths were there- but mostly the state right to own slaves
It was not any one event but a series of events that led to the Revolutionary War
The failure to deal with slavery while writing the constituion sowed the seeds of the Civil War
The invention of the Cotton Gin made the production of cotton economical and made slaves valuable
To enforce their acts the British decided to bring troops to Boston the most oppositional of all the colonies
The rapid growth of California threatened to upset the balance between slave and free states
This decision by the Supreme Court ended any chance for a legal solution to slavery