In 1776 this new government, the Continental Congress formed a committee to tell People why the colonies wanted to be free. Thomas Jefferson was chosen to be the head of this committee. He was an excellent writer. Jefferson wrote a paper that became known as the Declaration of Independence.
1. The answer is Lincoln won with a minority of popular vote after the Northern and Southern Democratic candidates splitted the votes from the Democrats.
2. The event that started the American Civil War is when the Fort Sumter, located in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, was fired upon. The Confederates was the one who started firing, which happened on April 12, 1861.
There are two main types of voting systems that can lead to different party systems. These are “first past the post” or “winner take all” systems on the one hand and proportional representation systems on the other. Each of these will tend to lead to a different type of party system.
