SLAVERY AS A CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR There is no doubt that the civil war was the most brutal battle fought on American soil between the years of 1861 to 1865. The Union and Confederate states had many differences between them, which resulted in the Civil war including from the issue of the South and State Rights, to the issue of national unity and westward expansion. Although one of the most controversial causes of the civil war was the issue of slavery. It was the reason that many historians believe as to why the civil war broke out in the first place. The South were all for slavery: * Slaves would work on the cotton and tobacco plantations in the south, working the land.
Furthermore, slave uprisings would also play a role in the shaping of the structure of slavery. With the development of the cash crops tobacco and cotton in the mid-1600’s, slavery rapidly blossomed into a convoluted system of trading between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Due to these reasons, slavery flourished
As the trade grew people started to get more involved. The British and the French competed for power over the Caribbean just for sugar. Sugar had to have the perfect conditions for growing. This perfect conditions were found in the caribbean islands. That’s why Jamaica and the Barbados were huge in growing sugar.
The blacks were treated in an inhumane style, receiving violent beating and extreme manual labour for many hours of the day, minimum amounts of food and poor living conditions. In 1861, the war against Slavery in America began. After 4 years of fighting between the Northern and Southern States of America that left of 600,000 dead, the Northern states had defeated the Southern states that had been fighting for slavery and their own secession. After becoming victorious, the Northern states and the President declared slavery to be abolished in America. However, even after its abolishment, blacks were still kept in slavery and were treated poorly and unequal to other, white Americans.
Many died to hands of whites for their participation in these rebellions. Whites of the Southern states tried hard to keep slavery the way it was but with the steady growing number of free educated blacks in the Northern states grew the desire for slaves to obtain the same. In the North, blacks were able to obtain an education, work as well as own their own stores. Eventually, Abraham Lincoln got into office and many Southern Whites believed he sided on the abolishment of slavery so they made their states separate from that of the Northern portion of the United States. Lincoln supported the Union, which were the Northern States which held free blacks, and gave the Confederate States an ultimatum to join back with the Union or war will begin.
Chapter 22: The Early Industrial Revolution 1760- 1851 I. Causes of the Industrial revolution i. Population Growth * Many factors caused the increase in population growth, some including, reliable food supplies, high birthrates and immunity to diseases * Children were the majority of the population * Migration also allowed population growth; people move from the country side to the cities * Industrial Revolution: The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes that occurred in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. ii. Agricultural Revolution * Agriculture Revolution: The agricultural revolution was a period of agricultural development between the 18th century and the end of the 19th century, which saw a massive and rapid increase in agricultural production * It began before the 18th century .Farmers increased agricultural production, milk production, and the addition of new crops * Many wealthy landowners invested in new farming techniques and new crops * The wealthy secluded their lands to apply new methods on their farm crops iii. Trade and Inventiveness * Demands for goods increased in Europe * Population growth and agricultural production increase were added to the growth and trade and technology demands * Eli Whitney and John Hall invented the machine tools that were capable of making other machines * Benjamin Franklin and others experimented with electricity iv.
Either way, it brought about the Emancipation Proclamation which gave black slaves their freedom. Abraham Lincoln certainly took literally the statement from the Declaration, “that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”? The American dream put in a nut shell All Men are Created Equal The Declaration of Independence also paved the way and created equality among all men and women. Today we can see the effects of the first sentence written in the Preamble: We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.”? Throughout history we have seen so many different changes, from freedom of slaves, to equality among men and women.
So what exactly shaped this wonderful New World that the colonists were living in during this time in the colonies? The social conditions and lifestyle in the Southern colonies and New England of early America were influenced by population, economics, disease, and climate. Population was one of the biggest factors that influenced the social conditions and lifestyle in the southern colonies and New England of early America. Population helped shaped early America because naturally, a larger population would lead to expansion and even more production. The larger and more productive the population of a colony was, then the colonie was better of socially.
This increase in available labor and factories led to an overall increase in total production that in turn flooded a large supply of goods into the market to meet the growing demand of the people, increasing GDP and ultimately the standard of living. While the amount of producers in the country and the supply of goods to the market increased, the efficiency of the production of these goods also increased. This newfound efficiency was caused mostly by technological advancements made during the revolution. Examples of these inventions include the cotton gin and the sewing machine. Besides the obvious economic impacts these advancements had on Europe, tremendous social changes were achieved.
The war dragged on for three years. Eventually, Britain used 450,000 troops to defeat Boer forces that totalled 35,000 men. Milner and his generals were characteristically optimistic but they soon learned they were in for a protracted and bloody conflict. Military disasters abounded and 22,000 men were killed in the initial stages. The Boer War was a period of sustained violence.