President Lincoln was assassinated by an actor named John Wilkes Booth. Booth, who wanted the Confederacy to win the war, shot the president during a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
<span>by promoting: openness, encouraging independence, and supporting freedom!
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A. Freedom. toward the end of the revolution, The British became worrisome about their victory they hoped to gain, and needed the slaves to help them.