North America, 06 Dec 1855: Bleeding Kansas
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 06 Dec 1855 (Manifest Destiny: Bleeding Kansas), showing the following events: Ayutla Revolution; Convention of Kanagawa; Kansas-Nebraska Act; Bombardment of Greytown; Ostend Manifesto; Walker’s Conquest of Nicaragua; Yakima War; Bleeding Kansas.

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A m e r i c a

C a n a d a(Br.)

R u p e r t ' s L a n d(Br./HBC)

The
Bahamas(Br.)

Newfoundland(Br.)

Leeward Islands(Br.)

Windward
Islands(Br.)

New
Caledonia(Br./HBC)

Nova Scotia(Br.)

British
Guiana(Br.)

Puerto
Rico(Sp.)

Kansas Terr.(US terr.)

Nebraska Terr.(US terr.)

Oregon Territory(US terr.)

Mosquito
Kingdom(Br. prot.)

Lakota
Sioux,
Cheyenne

Kiowa,
Comanche

Iron Confederacy

Great
Basin
peoples

Washington
Territory(US terr.)

Utah Terr.(semi-indep)

New Mexico
Territory(US terr.)

Minnesota
Territory(US terr.)

St P. & M.(Fr.)

Mar 1854–Aug 1855Ayutla Revolution
overthrows Santa Anna

Mar 1854Cmdr. Perry
opens Japan

30 May 1854Kansas-Nebraska Act
creates new territories
& repeals 1820
Missouri Compromise

Jul 1854US bombards
Mosquito Coast

Oct 1854US demands
cession of Cuba

May–Oct 1855William Walker
conquers Nicaragua

Sep 1855–Sep 1858Yakima War

21 Nov 1855–29 Jul 1859Bleeding Kansas

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