The taxes that England put on the colonies in order to pay off debt from the French American war
During the 1950s, an increase in the number of marriages and births fueled a demand for housing.
People who was born in the 1950s were known as the baby boomers. The increasing number of marrieages and births in population of post-World War II led to an increase in the demand for housing and gave rise to higher density cities.
By the 1970s, the United States economy had grown by leaps and bounds and was by far the largest economy in the world.
The North had its share of problems during the U.S Civil War. Late in the war, when victories are few and casualties are high, the Union employed conscription to alleviate manpower shortages. Of course, conscription did not proceed well and it did not sit well with the general public. There is so much evasion and resistance to the draft, leading to violent draft riots in New York.
Impressment, or “press gang” as it was more commonly known, was recruitment by force. It was a practice that directly affected the U.S. and was even one of the causes of the War of 1812. (source: www.pbs.com)
It was such an issue because they were taking our soldiers and forcing them to work for the enemy side.
