The first act that the parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists was the "stamp act" which was met with a great deal of resistance.
It kept the church from gaining to much power and the govt from gaining too much power it went both ways to cause neutral power between the two.
Answers:
- J. slavery
- G. purpose
- F. punish
- H. Reconstruction
- B. Appomattox Court House
- D. home
- K. treason
- C. guns
- E. horses
- I. sidearms
- A. amendments
<em>So here's how it reads as a paragraph:</em>
When Lincoln was first elected president, he hoped to prevent war by allowing slavery in the United States. As time went on, he saw the purpose of the war as putting an end to slavery. Once the Civil War was over, President Lincoln did not intend to punish the South. He felt everyone had suffered enough. He wanted to help the South, and the whole country, rebuild. The process of rebuilding the country following the Civil War was called Reconstruction. The official surrender by General Lee to General Grant occurred at Appomattox Court House, and the terms were generous to the South. The terms of surrender said that the Southern soldiers could go home and would not be prosecuted for treason. It also said that they must surrender their guns, but could keep their horses. Officers were allowed to keep their sidearms. In order to make the achievements of the war permanent, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution.
