Option 1 Growing tensions between Great Britain and its 13 colonies in North America would eventually kick-start the Revolutionary War in April of 1775. There were many factors that led to the war like taxes after the French and Indian War‚ the Boston Massacre and the Intolerable Acts among others. The colonists felt that they were being treated unfair by a government that was all the way across the ocean in England. Parliament’s decisions in England had direct effects on the lives of the colonists
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The American Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States or simply the Civil War (see naming)‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several Southern slave states that had declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ and‚ after four years of bloody combat (mostly in the South)‚ the Confederacy was defeated‚ slavery
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The American Civil War lasted from 1861-1865‚ and is known as one of the most crucial events in the history of American. In those four years‚ more than half a million soldiers from both the Confederate and Union side were either wounded or died trying to fight for what they believed in. A nation was divided and mass social and economical changes occurred throughout the entire region. This fight over slavery and State rights would pit man against man and create a greater debt within the United States
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the Roman civil wars of the 1st century BC. The term civilis here had the very specific meaning of "Roman citizen". The English term civil war was first used in 1651 to refer to the English Civil War. Since the 17th century‚ the term has also been applied retroactively to other historical conflicts where at least one side claims to represent the country’s civil society . The terms internecine war and domestic war are often used interchangeably with "civil war"‚ but "internecine war" can be used
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WHAT CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR? BY:SAMRIN KHAN In the early nineteenth century‚ Americans tend to resolve their political disputes through compromise‚ yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. This is because of Taxes‚ slavery‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Texas Migration‚ development of new Political parties. Before 1860 United States had one third of the territory that we have today. United States was divided into two parts‚ north and south. Between the North and South there were disputes about slavery
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EVENTS THAT CAUSE THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR Q. what main event cause the end of the civil war?? I want thesis and conclusion “Eighteen sixty one---the first year o the war---had known only one major battle. By the opening of 1862‚ Kentucky had been nursed out of her neutrality‚ the Army of the potomac had been turned into a splendid fighting machine by Mclellan‚ and the danger of british intervention over the Trent Affair had been averted" 1 The battle of Antietam was one of the main event which
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The Civil War had many causes‚ some of them were long term causes and some of them were immediate causes. The long term causes were the problems that seemed to never be solved between the North and South. Slavery for instance was a long term problem because it was never completely solved; however continuous compromises were made between both sides‚ but the disagreements would not disappear. On the other hand‚ the immediate causes were the problems in which guaranteed that the North and South would
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Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included
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Vicksburg This battle occurred in May and June on 1863. This battle was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. Once Pemberton’s army was lost‚ the Confederacy war nearly split in half. Ulysses Grant’s success boosted his reputation and lead to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union army Battles of Fort Wagner These battles were fought on July 11th and 18th‚ 1863. General Quincy Gillmore sought to capture the Confederate fortifications on James
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SLAVERY The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union‚ and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the
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