Midterm Interactive Timeline

The Stono Rebellion was the largest slave uprising with about 90 slaves. It took place in the South Carolina colony before the American Revolution.

A war fought between British colonies and New France. The Native Americans that lived in New France helped the French

It was a conflict between the British troops in America and the Cherokee Indians during the French and Indian War

Rice and Indigo grew very successfully in South Carolina. Therefore South Carolina became very successful in this business.

It was when the British placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other things to make more money

It was an uprising against British officials by both North and South Carolina.

Sons of Liberty was a group that was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to riot against the British government about the unfair taxes They are the people behind Boston Tea Party that happen in 1773

The British made a new tax on the American colonists. The tax required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

It was when the British tried to regain control of the tea trade in America therefore they set up a monopoly on the tea market and they could only get their tea from England.

A war fought between England and the Thirteen Colonies. The Thirteen Colonies were fighting for freedom

The Deceleration of Independence was to give Britain the reasons why we were leaving them to become our own country

In 1776 South Carolina writes its own Constitution and elects its own president and vice president about three months before they do it in Pennsylvania

The battle of Camden was a very brutal battle; the British captured or killed more than half of the American troops.

The battle of Kings Mountain was a significant win for the Americans. It was the “turning point” of the war in the south.

The Continental Congress wrote the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War

The battle of Cowpens was an epic win for the Americans. It kicked the British right out of South Carolina.

The last major battle in the Carolinas before the war ended.

A compromise between the Northern and Southern States during the Constitutional Convention. They agreed to how the federal government could regulate commerce

The Constitution is a document that is designed to protect our freedom

The Great Compromise was a compromise between the large and small states of the United States about having two different legislatures

The compromise between the North and South about how they were going to represent the slaves when they pay taxes and when they appoint members of the United States House of Representatives

Eli Whitney made it to help the slaves because he noticed how difficult it was to separate the seeds from the cotton

After Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin, cotton was much easier to pick and sell for profits. Cotton became one of America's main exports and the Americans were dominate in the cotton trade until the Civil War

It was an act that said American ships weren't allowed to sail to foreign ports. It also closed ports to British ships

The War of 1812 was a military conflict between the United States and England that last for 32 months.

He was a General for Union during the American Civil War. He came up with the war strategy "total war"

Slaves were going to revolt against their mastersbut the slave revolt failed. Denmark Vesey and other people involved in the plot were hung

The leaders of South Carolina started to think that they didn't have to follow any federal laws if they didn't want to

The Abolitionist Movement was an attempt to get slavery abolished.

He was an enslaved African American during the Civil War. During and after the war he became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician

It allowed people in the territories to decide if they wanted slaves or not

A legal battle, that happen in the Supreme Court, about whether a slave who ran way was free or not.

It was when Lincoln ran for president and he won with 39.8% of votes

When South Caroline first secedes out of the United States, other states did too.

There were a number of reasons why the North and South went to war but slavery was one of the biggest reasons.

All the states that seceded from the Union decided to join together and form the Confederate States of America

It was a two day battle that sparked the Civil War

It was a battle that took place on Port Royal Sound beach. It was an early victory for the Union in the Civil War

It's a war strategy when you destroy everything. Even if it's a town or a church or has citizens from there

It was when John Wilkes Booth shoot Lincoln while he was at a play.