The American Revolution occurred in the years of 1775-1783. This revolution was what made America it’s own country‚ no longer under British rule. It began when the colonists were outraged when British authorities decided to increase the colony’s taxes‚ therefore‚ increasing British revenue. Such attempts are known as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Tariffs of 1767. Because of this‚ the colonists began to engage in protests that soon turned violent when they felt that they were not being
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Throughout the 1800s America has changed in a lot of ways even though some were small changes some were significant America still changed. America changed socially‚ politically and technology America changed socially in so many ways. On of the ways America changed socially was during the civil war. The civil war was a war that was fought to end slavery. When slavery ended many slaves were still slaves and they still had no right to vote. Another major social change was the women’s rights
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The Constitution played a major role in causing the Civil War. One of its biggest impacts on America was creating a division between the states. This dissolution between the states is largely due to varying opinions on the legality and morality of slavery. It was impossible for the nation’s founders to know all of the major issues their nation would face in the future‚ so the Constitution‚ therefore‚ does not address certain topics that would lead to great dispute later on in the country such as
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the most well-known Presidents because of the things he did. Lincoln helped the United States get through the Civil War‚ which had the highest casualty rate of Americans than any other war. South Carolina threatened to secede if Lincoln won the election‚ so the state seceded on December 20‚ 1860. (South Carolina‚ 1862) After Lincoln was elected he had to travel to Washington‚ D.C. from Illinois. On the trip‚ Lincoln was supposed to go through Baltimore‚ Maryland. General
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The U. S. Civil War started in 1861 and that year Tennessee voters decided to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. Johnson traveled
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your head when you hear Greek Civil War? The language‚ Destruction‚ Athens or ancient artifacts. Greece is a country in southern eastern Europe consisting of 2 mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands that lie along the seas. It was the birthplace of the Western civilization and the ancient landmarks. During World War II‚ Greece had helped Albania in which they were being invaded by Italy. Once the Greek army held them back the Nazis had intervened during the war and had overthrown both Greece
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Lincoln rejected the idea of secession and only a month after becoming the president‚ he lead the Civil War against the Southern states to preserve the Union and to spread equality and democracy. The Civil War is the bloodiest conflict that America has ever endured there was over 600‚000 dead Americans in five years. Lincoln had assigned Ulysses Grant to lead the Northern armies as a ruthless warrior and an exceptional strategist
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property of another and is forced to obey them”. That was the mindset of most white people in America during this time and era. This was roughly the 1800’s. The white men thought it was okay to own another human being as long as their skin color was different from theirs. You could buy or sell any slave you had. They were treated like property‚ instead of the human beings they were. Slavery caused the civil war because slavery was a big issue they constantly argued over. The north didn’t own any slaves
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Not long after these amendments had been passed‚ there were reactions by whites that did not want the blacks to have power. Disenfranchisement‚ which established rules such as the grandfather clause and poll tax‚ aimed to and succeeded in limiting the amount of participation African Americans had in
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lead to The Civil War lasting from 1861-1865. The Civil War was known as the bloodiest four years in American history. America was split up into two parts which were the North and South. The North was known as the Union and the South was known as the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union. Jefferson Davis supported the idea of having slaves‚ unlike Abraham Lincoln who wanted to get rid of slavery. The whole war started when
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