American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.
The Sand Creek<span> Massacre summary: On November 29, </span>1864<span>, seven hundred members of the </span>Colorado<span> Territory militia embarked on an attack of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian villages. The militia was led by U.S. Army Col. John Chivington, a Methodist preacher, as well as a freemason.</span>
The initial goal of the Grand Convention in 1778 was to "<span>revise the Articles of Confederation", since they had proven to be too weak to allow the government to pay back its debt or put down rebellions. </span>
The Supreme Court decided "separate but equal" ( i.e.segregation) was constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, as long as the facilities or accommodations were equal.
They failed because nobody cared about the railroad. The railroad had to be a government project with leases to companies but the government was too much involved in the slavery issue that it didn't have time to deal with railroads. That's why railroads boomed after the civil war ended.
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