It was the "Sons of Liberty" that was the organization that specifically promoted support for the war against the British among the american people, mainly due to grievances over taxation.
The government allowed the money supply to decline.
The collapse of housing prices led to decreased wealth and significant problems in financial markets, as well as a decrease in expected income and a stock market crash.
In 1870, Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would be nearly another century, 1967, before Edward Brooke of Massachusetts followed in their historic footsteps.
