Although The Battle of
Hampton Roads was not won by either side, the importance it had, was
that it was the first battle of armored ships in history, and also
included a development of notable war technologies: such as the rotating
turret of the USS Monitor. <span>The great battle between these battleships lasted for hours, and none was able to destroy the other; finally the USS Monitor made the ironclad Virginia retreat, unable to do real damage. <span>This
initiated a new form of maritime war, using ironclads, that soon
would be much more advanced, like the ironclads or destroyers ships of the first
world war.</span></span>
They wanted the areas that produced more gold.
In the 1400s, European explorers benefited from "improvements in map-making skills," since these allowed for greater location accuracy. GPS and steam ships would not be invented for quite some time.
D. Petrarch
Petrarch was an Italian poet and scholar who paved the way for the Renaissance by re-discovering Cicero's letters. He has also been called "The Father of Humanism."
<span>- Granted full freedom for more than 3 million slaves in Confederate areas which still conducted rebellion towards the union- Promised that the federal government and military would "recognize and maintain the freedom" in order to protect the status of the former slaves as a free man.- Fail to free around 500,000 slaves in the border states that did not rebelled to the union(Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, andKentucky) </span>
