1607-1699
The election of this man served a the final point for southern states to secede from the United States over fears of too powerful a federal government and the abolition of slavery
Abraham Lincoln
This movement was pushed by figures such as Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth
Abolition
This man's actions furthered significant division between the North and the South after his actions in Pottawatomie, KS and Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
This eventual president earned experience during the French and Indian War where gained recognition and knowledge in colonial warfare
George Washington