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when compared with Locke, jean Jacques Rousseau sometimes seems the most radical democrat thought a close reading of his work shows that in important respects Rousseau's conception of democracy is narrower than Lockes
1) PATRIOTISM
Americans fought for their freedom so their motivation was unstoppable.
2) WAR WAS ON OUR TERRITORY
Americans knew the layout of their land.
3) FRENCH
The French helped the Americans with supplies and weapons.
I believe a majority of major battles happened in these places because the British had control of them at some point. New York also served as the British base of operations so they probably wanted to break Britain's hold on these cities.
Lincoln thought of making a colony for freed blacks in Central or South America however the idea was argued by American Negroes and some leaders themselves, hence Lincoln abandoned the idea. He was faced with a great dilemma that he felt the Constitution did not give him or the Congress authority to infringe on a state's right to allow slavery itself. It would also mean that citizenship of a slave would mean to allow blacks to serve in the Civil War as soldiers but he was reluctant to do so. Thus the idea of emancipation occurred. The Emancipation Proclamation would be issued reluctantly because Lincoln knew that this proclamation would be perceived as a humanitarian gesture, resulting in the border states seceding and there will be more serious racial backlash in the northern cities, plus reducing the chances of receiving financial support from England or France to the south.
they were dependent on fertile land.
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