The first two battles were the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775 and they were located in Massachusetts.
Southern states led to the establishment of the confederacy & ultimately the Civil War. it was the most serious movement in the us and was defeated while the union armies defected the Confederate armies in the civil was, in the year 1861-1865
To maintain their credibility,the writers had to give specific examples---evidence--- of how they had been mistreated.
The family was important because land was given to people according to how big and how famous the family was. The more powerful and bigger the family the more they had. That's why they always stuck together and had close knit families because it meant their prospering.