The State<span> of </span>Alabama<span> declared that it had </span>seceded<span> from the </span>United States of America<span> on January 11, 1861. It then quickly joined the </span>Confederate States<span> during the </span>American Civil War<span>. A </span>slave state<span>, Alabama provided a significant source of troops and leaders, military material, supplies, food, horses and mules; however, very little of the state's cotton crop could be sold, as the main port of </span>Mobile<span> was closed off by the </span>U.S. Navy<span>.</span>
Paul Revere created an engraving of the incident describing it as a "massacre." Revere's drawing depicts well-appointed British soldiers in bright red military uniforms, firing on unarmed colonists. The piece stirred up anti-British sentiment by demanding that Great Britain cease its military occupation of the city.
What time period? This could apply to several different times.
It didn't because the people argued between themselves how the empire should be split. They couldn't find anyone to succeed him since the didn't have children so they split it into numerous kingdoms among themselves and ruled them the way they wanted. Many went to war over it.
