Causes Of The Civil War
explanatory Essay
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Americans fought very had to receive their independence from England. Their determination of self-rule was evident from the very beginning. From early settlement, the colonists gave evidence to this determination. The increase in control of England increased their desire to be treated fairly as English citizens, but England did not give them the feeling of fair treatment. Ever since the beginnings of settlement, England and America had been growing apart. England was still an aristocracy, ruled by men born and bred to a high station in life. The society was one of culture and refinement. Deprived of abundant opportunity at home, the common people accepted a position of dependence rather than independence. But in America, things had gone differently. The society was rather democratic. There were no lords or hereditary officers. “The wilderness had attracted men of independent spirit, and the stern conditions of the frontier had bred self-reliance and self-respect.'; (*) The New World made men enterprising, energetic, and aggressive. The distance between the colonists and England was as equally wide as their political thinking. British statesmen believed that Parliament had complete authority over the colonies. It could make laws for them, tax them and even abolish their elected assemblies. But, patriot leaders in America denied all this. They believed Parliament was bound to respect certain natural rights of man. The colonists did not think Parliament represented them, therefore they did not respect the taxes it imposed. The English leaders, on the other hand, thought members of Parliament looked after the best interests of the whole empire. People all over the world believe that government protects life, liberty, and property. “Were it not for government, the world would soon run into all manner of disorders and confusions,'; (136,Text). The idea that stable and enlightened government could be achieved by balancing the concepts of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy became a common belief among many individuals. In Europe, individual monarch power was growing. This outraged many of each country’s citizens. Also, poverty was increasing fast, due to people’s belief that nobility, money, and control of land signifies power. Many early settlers chose to explore the New World, in order to escape from politics and religion in their mother country. In the colonies, the settlers had already become used to taking a share in government. Every colony elected an assembly. The Virginians set up their House of Burgesses twelve years after Jamestown was settled.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that americans fought very had to receive their independence from england. their determination of self-rule was evident from the very beginning.
- Explains that england and america had been growing apart since the beginnings of settlement. england was an aristocracy, ruled by men born and bred to high positions in life.
- Explains that the distance between the colonists and england was as equally wide as their political thinking. british statesmen believed that parliament had complete authority over the colonies, but patriot leaders in america denied all this.
- Explains that people all over the world believe that government protects life, liberty, and property. stable and enlightened government could be achieved by balancing the concepts of monarchy, aristocracy and democracy.
- Explains that early settlers explored the new world to escape from politics and religion in their mother country. the virginians set up their house of burgesses twelve years after jamestown was settled.
- Narrates how the leisler rebellion in new york set up a democratic government in the colonies.
- Explains that england imposed various acts on the colonies, such as the sugar act, stamp act and the quartering act. trade only offered one source of revenue, so the english government created the previous mentioned acts.
- Explains that the quartering act was created and inforced, and the currency act increased the load of taxes on the colonists.
- Explains that the stamp act was not accepted throughout the colonial assemblies, and it was repealed in 1766. parliament declared that it had full power to tax colonies whenever and however it thought best.
- Explains that england placed external taxes on trade in the colonies on goods such as lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea. the colonial assemblies had a check on the governors of each colony to prevent the deterioration of self-government.
- Explains that the british east india company shipped tea to the colonies without paying any import taxes. the colonists greeted the cheap tea as a bribe.
- Analyzes how parliament responded to the boston tea party with the five 'intolerable acts', which closed the port of boston to all shipping until all the destroyed tea was paid for.
- Explains that the colonies set up a continental congress in response to the intolerable acts. the congress denounced parliamentary taxation and the five
- Explains that the colonists had many intellectual themes that they used to create their political theories, such as enlightenment, natural law, and whig ideology.
- Concludes that many people had different thoughts about how the government should be run. the federalists were in favor of a strong central government and the anti-federalists weren't.
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- Causes Of The Civil Warexplanatory essayWhat was the cause of the civil war? How did it start and what was the uprising action that lead up to this deadly event? Well, back over 150 years ago when slavery was on the rise the people would go back and forth to determine whether or not slavery was a good or bad thing to have. Some of this uprise was because at different points in time there was more free states then slave states and that bothered the slave states because they were losing land to expand out onto that was below the the Missouri compromise line. Slave states wanted to have all the states they could get for slavery to expand throughout the U.S., So they could overpower the free states during voting's.
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- Explains the cause of the civil war and the uprising action that led up to it.
- Opines that in order for slavery to be contained into a smaller region there must be more free states so that they can overrule the slave states.
- Explains that slavery was the backbone of the south and made it difficult for the southerners to imagine life without slaves.
- Explains that the civil war was caused by the differences between the northern and southern regions. the northerners had a city-like lifestyle with industries in cotton and wood.
- Explains that lincoln believed in a free state instead of slave states and side more with the northern people. lincoln was opposed to the expansion west of the slavery states.
- Explains that the main cause of the civil war was due to the north and south's opposing thoughts and ideas on how to run a country.
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- Explains that in 1607 the new world had two cultures in power: the native americans and the english, one person ruled each culture.
- Describes how the virginia company of london established the house of burgesses in 1619 to entice english craftsmen to settle in the new world and make the local government more receptive to colonist concerns.
- Explains how political control led to tensions and feelings of independence from england. after the american revolution, virginia broke the legal and political ties with england and drafted its first constitution.
- Explains that social classes existed from the very beginning of jamestown in 1607. the upper class consisted of the gentry down to the lower working class.
- Describes the great awakening, a series of religious revivals that spread throughout the colonies and led to the creation of new denominations, baptists and methodists.
- Explains that the scientific revolution known as enlightenment contributed to the social development of virginia.
- Explains that virginia declared itself independent in 1776. following the revolutionary war, social hierarchies continued to exist. technology played an important role in the industrial revolution.
- Explains how the virginia and national governments were in developing stages. the articles of confederation were adopted in 1777, which provided a government by national legislature with each state having one vote.
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- Explains that the ocean separating england and the colonies made it difficult for england to guide the colonists successfully.
- Analyzes how the colonists recognized themselves as different from the british, so they created organizations to stop them from happening.
- Describes how the colonists began to assemble groups to do something about the acts parliament was passing. a political cartoon pictured a snake in eight cut pieces symbolizing the colonies.
- Narrates how the boston massacre was used to convince american colonists that the british were heartless. the boston tea party took place after the tea act.
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- Explains that abraham lincoln's prediction that a house divided against itself could not stand was true. the civil war was the deadliest war in american history.
- Compares the economic and social differences between the north and south during the antebellum period. the north developed into an industrial region, while the south remained agrarian.
- Analyzes how the supreme court ruled that dred scott could not brig a federal suit in court because african americans are not citizens. the decision made the missouri compromise unconstitutional.
- Explains that the civil war was the greatest and most gripping chapter in american history, not just the singular issue of slavery. the conflict between the territories over the power of the federal government and southern states felt that their states’ rights were being ignored.
- Argues that the conflict over the issue of state vs. federal rights contributed to the start of the civil war.
- Recounts how john brown led 18 men into harper's ferry, virginia, to contact slaves and collect hostages. he was captured, tried for treason, and sentenced to death. the rallying point of the war was the election of abraham lincoln as president.
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- Describes the civil war as the most devastating conflict in american history, causing over 600,000 brutal horrifying deaths. in 1861, eleven southern states formed the confederate states of america and seceded from the union.
- Explains that social problems gave the north and south a different perspective on slavery. the compromise of 1850 led to more social disputes in the nation.
- Analyzes how political disagreements contributed to the war between the states, which led to debates over sectionalism and slavery.
- Analyzes how social and political events contributed to the issues over slavery, increasing sectionalism, and the horrifying deaths of average citizens in the bloodthirsty civil war. political debates and speeches gave each side a voice during the war.
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- Opines that the american civil war was fought over slavery, but there were other reasons for the war between the states.
- Explains that america had received western territories from the mexicans as a result of the treaty of guadalupe hidelgo in exchange for 15 million dollars. the compromise of 1850 made california free and allowed residents to decide whether utah and new mexico would be considered to be free or slave states.
- Explains that congress passed the fugitive slave act of 1850, which required federal officials to arrest any runaway slave from their owner's control.
- Explains that the fugitive act denied the arrested runaway slave their right to a jury trial. these cases were handled by special commissioners whose sole duty it was to see over these hearings.
- Explains that the underground railroad was setup to help runaway slaves from the south to have a free, safe life in the north. harriet tubman was associated with the foundation and effectiveness of this plan.
- Explains that the fugitive slave act allowed the united states to not press charges on the runaway slaves because they were no longer on american territory.
- Explains that the people who helped the runaway slaves were the black community in the north, including the northern abolitionists, philanthropies, and church leaders.
- Explains that beecher stowe is famous for her novel titled uncle tom's cabin, which showed the real evils of slavery and gave many northerners a major look of the true downfall to slavery.
- Explains that the kansas – nebraska act was passed in 1854 and the two states were allowed to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to be considered a free state or slave state.
- Describes how john brown raided a weapons arsenal in harpers ferry, virginia on october 18, 1859. he was convicted of treason and tried and hung.
- Explains that state rights versus federal rights was a hot topic during the civil war because the states felt that they needed more rights and that the federal government had too much power in the current form of government.
- Explains that south carolina warned the states that if abraham lincoln were elected, they would secede. they believed that lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of northern interests.
- Explains that the civil war was caused by the south being too stubborn to give up their slaves and the abolitionist movement to free them. after the southern states decided to secede from the union, things got out of hand and made the north go to war.
- Explains that history.com's "underground railroad" was last modified in 2009.
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- Explains that the 1850 compromise created a sense of relief between the south and the north, but it was also met with dismay.
- Explains that stowe was a prominent figure behind the cause of the civil war. she preached how slavery undercut the christian values of both whites and blacks.
- Explains that the kansas-nebraska act was one of the most controversial acts passed before the civil war.
- Explains that the dred scott decision of 1857 helped further the abolitionist cause.
- Analyzes how the radical abolitionist john brown executed one of the largest raids in american history on the nation's arsenal at harper’s ferry, virginia (now west virginia).
- Explains that lincoln was declared president of the united states on tuesday, november 6, 1860, having received 180 electoral votes (out of 303).
- Analyzes how the six events leading up to the civil war created conditions where southerners felt the need to secede from the united states.
- Explains that the civil war was the bloodiest war in american history. the mexican-american war, the kansas-nebraska act of 1854, and the presidential election of 1860 all contributed to southern secession.
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- Opines that george washington and his continental army faced dismal odds in proving themselves victorious in the american struggle for independence.
- Explains that the lack of a secure currency in the war's early years lowered the value of the money printed by the continental congress.
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