In 1788, Alexander Hamilton convinced New Yorkers to approve and ratify the U.S constitution. George Washington, the very first president of the United States, was in office from 1789-1797. The Whiskey Rebellion, one of the most important rebellions during his presidency, led to the Militia Act of 1792. The second president of the United States was John Adams (1797-1801). By the time he took office, Britain and France were in war and this had an effect in the trade of America.…
During The 1750’s, the French and Great Britain were at war trying to gain control of the trade with the indians. The French were pushing in from the west, and Great britain was pushing from the east. Right in the middle sat the indians. At the time, Britain owned lots of colonies including America. They were like the Rome of the 1760’s.…
From 1861 to 1865, the United States engaged in war unlike any they had fought before. Instead of going against a foreign power or invaders on their land, Americans fought against themselves; North versus South. This period of conflict was called the Civil War. The North, or the Union, originally sought to preserve the Union and reclaim the southern states. But, they later added the abolishment of slavery to their desire to win.…
DBQ 3 During the mid and late 1700’s Britain had full sovereignty of the North American colonies. Since Britain controlled them , the colonies did began to prosper but they noticed that Britain was holding them down to their full potential of prosperity with these restrictions and limitations that were laid out to them. The colonies weren’t able to establish an independent nation that they desired and decided to rebel against Britain.…
Change can be created by challenging the system. 17th and 18th century thinkers were hopeful that they might discover new ways to make their society better. They believed that allowing individuals more freedom and reducing government control would make society better. The philosophes believed that individual freedom could improve society in three areas: government, religion, and the social role of women. Individual freedom was an important part of John Locke’s ideas on government.…
By the eve of the American Revolution the colonists had developed an identity of American citizens. In each document we see a large quantity of colonists sharing the same patriotic views as the author of the document. The Boston colony was full of patriots who were ready to fight for their freedom and who were willing to die if it meant freedom for future generations of Americans. Each colony grew in unity due to the new sense of patriotism that was spreading. Resentment for British authority is also wide spread in Boston due to the Quartering Act of 1765.…
The thirteen colonies, which included: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia, formed Colonial America. The colonies were under the control of Great Britain but they started to rebel around 1754, causing their relationship to strain. From 1754 to 1783 the colonies started to unite, which was caused by The French and Indian War, The Road to the Revolution, and the The American Revolution. The French and Indian War started in 1754.…
The American Revolution was important to the U.S. because it created and affected many differing parties almost like The Big Bang which created the solar system. The constitution caused the eruption of the Federalist Party which focused almost all on having a stronger central government. The Anti-Federalist which would be later known as the Democratic-Republicans their main focus was to be the representatives of the ‘common people’ or dumb,dirt, poor farmers. These two parties were the first parties the United States had seen develop, and the creation of these were caused by, the Quasi-War, the creation of the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the debate between the creation of the Bank of The U.S. Furthermore, these two parties opposed on weather…
The civil war started in April 1861 when Southern states were trying to succeed from the nation following Abraham Lincoln election, and it ended in 1865 when the northerners (The Union) became victorious. However, the most important reason this war started is because Republican Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, and his beliefs about slavery were unlike from the southerners. His election brought so much controversy in the southern states that introduced the idea to go to a war in order to not be involved with his political ideas. However, after four years of war the country stay united, and the issue of slavery was…
The Civil War The Civil War, known for being the bloodiest war in US history. The events that occurred during the civil war have made us into the nation we are today. The American civil war began in 1861 and lasted until 1865. The separation between the Confederate states and the Union states began when President Lincoln’s inauguration, seven of the southern states fled from the Union and created the Confederate states of America.…
The American Civil War The American Civil War was a crucial point in American history that affected the development of America. The Civil War defined what the nation was going to become in the future. It was a war the pitted brother against brother and father against son. It started on April 12, 1861 and lasted four long years until it finally ended on April 9, 1865. The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history, causing the loss of 625,000 lives.…
In 1775 the 2nd Continental Congress was formed and on July 4th, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was drafted. It declared that all ties from Britain were to be broken and America was to be it’s own…
As we all know the civil war is a very interesting period in the creation and establishing of the united states. The civil war occurred during the time period of April of 1861 until about 1865 of May that year. During this time slavery was a major issue facing in the north and the south with president Lincoln coming into office, and African Americans serving in the war was a major issue. During the civil war, there were two sides. The two sides were the union and the confederate.…
Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was a war for freedom, the British and the colonists were feuding over taxes and the acts which made taxes. But what are the key causes of the American Revolution. The key causes could be Taxation Without Representation, the 1st and 2nd continental congress meeting, and the Signing of the Declaration of Independence. These key details that led up to the American Revolution made America what it is today. Taxation Without Representation is Tyranny Est.…
The 13 colonies, that would eventually become the United States, had long been under the rule of Great Britain. For many years the colonists and leaders of Great Britain had a formidable relationship with one another. However as time went on the colonists realized the wrongdoings of the parliament and demanded change. The American Revolution didn’t just happen out of thin air, there were events for years that caused the uprising of the colonists that resulted in the war. If we take a closer look at this time period before the war that eventually results in our freedom from British rule we can see these wrongdoings and how those might have impacted society in the many years after the war.…