<span>The European powers responded to Islamic expansion in the 1000s by sanctioning the Crusades, a series of religious wars. They were fought to retain Christian control of the Holy Lands, particularly the areas of Palestine, Syria and Egypt.</span>
<span>When former secretary of State Colin Powell asked, "why did you serve a nation that did not serve you?" he specifically asking </span>Why the airmen served in the war, even though the armed forces were racially segregated.
Powell's questions brings to light the discrimination that African Americans faced in the military.
<span>Paul Revere and Samuel Adams were successful in portaying violence in boston as </span>patriotic
After lincoln’s signing proclamation black soldiers could fight in the armed forces. literal answer< but it would be significant because racial discrimination would be challenged by showing that blacks and white were equal enough to fight in the same wars and share the same bunkers.