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One major log to the fire is the Civil War. The south was with slavery vs. the north who were fighting to abolish it.
Erasmus was a Dutch humanist who became a monk and a scholar with the many reformers of his time, Erasmus saw the leaders of his church abusing their powers.
On February 25, 200–300 Mexican soldiers crossed the San Antonio River and took cover in abandoned shacks approximately 90 to 100 yards (82 to 91 m) from the Alamo walls. The soldiers intended to use the huts as cover to establish another artillery position, although many Texians assumed that they actually were launching an assault on the fort. Several men volunteered to burn the huts.To provide cover, the Alamo cannons fired grapeshot at the Mexican soldiers, and Crockett and his men fired rifles
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The Great Britain gained territories in the North American, but disputes about policies and paying war's expenses led to colonial discontent. Taxation was created to pay back the debts. Stamp Act, Tea Act and Townsend Act were introduced. This ultimately led to the American Revolution.
The Louisiana Purchase treaty. the Louisiana Purchase treaty was an agreement between Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 for the US to obtain the Louisiana territory (a large region from Louisiana to Montana) from the French for $15 million. This fits the concept of Manifest Destiny perfectly as Manifest Destiny was the US desire to expand westward across the North American territory. Purchasing the Louisiana territory allowed the US to expand westward and explore new territory while spreading American people and culture.
