History Years

Proclamation of 1763 reserved land for the Indians.

Thomas Paine wrote COMMON SENSE to attack England's Constitution.

British army was surrendered at Battle of Saratoga; Americans win.

Whiskey Rebellion was a protest on liquor taxes.

Lewis and Clark went on an expedition to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.

Dartmouth College v. Woodward ruled that there should be NO government influence.

Monroe Doctrine ended European imperialism.

Indian Removal Act relocated the Indians to the other side of the Mississippi River.

Whig Party, including Henry Clay, disapproved slavery.

Compromise of 1850 allowed California to come as a free state.

Kansas-Nebraska Act opened their territories to slavery.

Dred Scott case ruled that a slave is property and has no right to petition in court.

Lincoln becomes the 16th president.

Civil War ends at Appottomax Courthouse.