Answer:
C. It allowed Europeans to see the philosophies they had been
discussing put into practice
Explanation:
Since the very first news of the American Revolution, European reformers and future revolutionaries have begun to look closely at its example. The texts of the Declaration of Independence and Constitutions (USA and individual states) influenced the documents of the French Revolution and were included in the ‘compulsory/ reading of European radicals.
The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville's book Democracy in America in 1835 and its immense popularity in Europe was the first sign that the American example was beginning to play a role in political debate. The European revolutions of 1848–1849, dubbed Spring of Nations, marked a turning point in the development of ideas about the place of the United States in world politics.
On the whole, the “young democrats” in Europe formed the two prevailing images of the American revolution: as a struggle for national identity and a “universalist” revolution, “in the interests of all mankind” - a world-wide revolution that overthrew the monarchy and established a republican form of government that rooted the sovereignty of the people.
Answer: True
Explanation: The emancipation proclamation legally freed the slaves in the United States. By winning the war the North would ensure the law of the United States was in place over the Southern States instead of the law of the Confederacy.
At the beginning of the Civil War (and while running for President) Abraham Lincoln had said that he would not week to end slavery. The emancipation proclamation marked a definate (and permanent) change in that policy.
Spain had once persecuted noncatholics in order to make the country uniform in religion
George Washington is often called the “Father of His (or Our) Country.” He not only served as the first president of the United States, but he also commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1775–83) and presided over the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution.
Washington's four essentials for America
They included: To have the country be unified “under one federal head.” For Americans to keep “a sacred regard to public justice.” To create a “proper peace establishment,” which at the time meant a peacetime military apparatus.
