The French Revolution brought about a great division between the parties of Thomas Jefferson and Hamilton, already affected by the subject of banks and debts. Washington's foreign policy caused a great division, since the Federalists intended to support the British, while the Jeffersonians were in favor of France and its revolution. When the war between France and England began in the year 1793, the Jeffersonians took the decision to maintain the alliance that was made with France during the American Revolution. But Washington, trying to avoid a new war that the country could not resist, decided to support Hamilton and thus maintained a policy of neutrality, which most Jeffersonians saw as favoritism towards Britain: this was the division that later became the birth of political parties, in the United States, indirectly caused by the Revolution of France.
Family life in Virginia and across the South suffered devastating effects during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Many families were uprooted as they witnessed the destruction of their homes and landholdings. ... Most profoundly, all families dealt with the ordeal of separation.
King turns his attention to his listeners' emotions as he quotes passages from the Bible, “My Country Tis of Thee,” and a stirring Negro spiritual. It's the elegant balance between these two elements–the intellectual and the emotional; the head and the heart–that makes his speech so compelling and satisfying
