Answer:
1.Chester graduated from Union College in New York in 1848.
2.He worked to increase funding for Indian education.
3. His dad was a clergyman.
4.He was named for the doctor who delivered him - Chester Abell.
5.He was once the president of the New York Arcade Railway Company.
6. His first son died suddenly when he was only three years old.
7. His wife died of pneumonia the year before he became president.
8.He was in the habit of staying up until at least 2 a.m. every night.
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances was passed at the Stamp Act Congress which prohibited the purchase of English-made goods in the colonies. This made taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent unconstitutional. There were several points which the Declaration of Rights and Grievances contained, so that the colonists had similar rights to Englishmen.
The sinking of the Lusitania caused the United States to enter the war. This was because it was a British ship and the United States is an ally of Britain.
Answer:
The Colonists wanted independence from Great Britain because the king created unreasonable taxes, those taxes were created because Britain just fought the French and Indians. England decided that since they fought on American soil, then it was only fair to make Colonists pay for it.