Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty (self-governance) over its homeland.
Abraham and Moses are central prophets in all three religions.
A contentious issue at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was whether slaves would be counted as part of the population which they were deciding if they be under the representation of the states in the Congress or would instead be considered property and, as such, not be considered for purposes of representation.
the Dawes Act is the treatment of Native Americans as individuals rather than as members of tribes.