The Battle of Gettysburg was a major victory because it eliminated over 65,000 confederate soldiers. It was the bloodiest battle in the civil war.
As Europeans moved beyond exploration and into colonization of the Americas, they brought changes to virtually every aspect of the land and its people, from trade and hunting to warfare and personal property. European goods, ideas, and diseases shaped the changing continent.
Everyone has to vote, new citizens just have to later on because they are new to the country