Spain, France and England colonized great parts of the North American continent.
The first 13 British colonies are established.
The Seven Years’ War between British settlers and French settlers.
A line that marked the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, arising from a conflict between two families concerning the ownership of land.
or The American Revolutionary War.
In 1783, The Treaty of Paris marks the end of the war, and the USA is granted independence.
Missouri applied to become the 24th state of the USA in 1819.
This act established the two territories Kansas and Nebraska and overturned the Missouri Compromise.
The South wouldn’t accept the politics of the North in regards to slavery, economy, the interference of federal power on the individual states and the election of Abraham Lincoln.
This is a time, when the South was ‘reconstructed’ to align with the political structures and laws of the North, such as racial equality.
