The Era Of Good Feelings

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The Era of Good Feelings took place from 1812 until the Civil War. Among those years, and in consequence of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, Americans developed a desire of union, however, as ironic as it sounds, it was an era full of disputes between the Democratic-Republican and Federalist parties. To better comprehend American's feeling, it is assertive to go through their behavior over the years, going from the transformation of its citizens from revolutionaries to nationalists and later from nationalists to sectionalists.

Diverse causes lead America to the Revolutionary War. Tensions between the colonists and the British authorities arouse in response to the attempts of the British government to apply taxes

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