Reformation: The Protestant Reformation caused people to leave the Catholic Church reducing its power.
In 1517, Martin Luther began a revolution within the Catholic Church creating a new religion and spurring others to break away as well. The branches of the Protestant Church rose out of the movement reducing the membership of the Catholic Church. This reduced the money and therefore the power of the Church. <span />
They controlled the armies that were used to provide military service to the shogun when required, samurai were minor nobles and held their land under authority of daimyo. their position was hereditary, below the samurai was foot soldiers
1863-General Lee lead the Confederate troops into Pennsylvania. He surprised the units in Gettysburg and the battle was the most crucial and bloodiest of the war. The victory at Gettysburg belonged to Lincoln and the Union. Turning point; last offensive attack of the South.
American settlers continue to spread to the west and took land from Native Americans. As expansion continued, agreements were signed and they were broken with native americans losing their homes and land and force to move west. As Native Americans were forced to more to the west, they are not able to adopt to the environment they are moving to, so they died due to lack of food or diseases.