The Confederacy saw themselves as fighting a second war for independence. They were rebelling against what they felt was an oppressive government that was infringing on their rights.
Lincoln referenced the forefathers in his Gettysburg Address and felt that keeping the union together was what they had fought for, they created a new nation, not one that should be torn apart.
Answer:
“During the European Enlightenment, thinkers were setting forth the idea that
governments should be structured on a foundation of law and that a contract existed
between the government and the governed. It was not too great a step from that idea to the
belief that revolution against those who abused the existing contract was justified. The
makers of the American revolution and later the founders of the American constitutional
system of government were guided in their actions and beliefs by the theory of natural
rights and the idea of representative government, as advocated by the Enlightenment
thinkers.”
Now, write a reflective paragraph on how many forces came together to create a desire for
a new type of government; a new society.
Explanation:
The previous constitution, called the Articles of Confederation, gave state governments more authority. Led by Patrick Henry of Virginia, Anti-Federalists worried, among other things, that the position of president, then a novelty, might evolve into a monarchy
Two of the expected demands made by the Treaty of Versailles towards Germany are 1. Germany had to take sole responsibility for the war and 2. Germany had to lose much of its industrial areas.
