General Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, invaded Union territory in an attempt to persuade the United States into a negotiated peace after a hoped-for decisive and damaging attack on Northern soil.<span> It was also believed that a notable Southern victory in Union territory might have resulted in financial support and recognition of the Confederate cause from England or France. General Lee's first invasion of the North, which took place in Maryland during September of 1862, was repulsed by Union forces at the Battle of Antietam, but it was followed by a second invasion by Lee into Pennsylvania during the months of June and July in 1863.
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The cotton gin made cultivation of cotton profitable.
Treaty 96: TheTreaty required non-associators to remain neutral in the conflict between Whigs and the English in return for being left alone by the Council of Safety.
Declaration of Independence: The Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. An example of the Declaration of Independencewas the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776.
Articles of Confederation: The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
