<span>Reconstruction brought many changes. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments promised great changes in the lives of African Americans. Unfortunately, there were constant attempts to strip African Americans of the new freedoms promised by the Constitution.</span>
The patriots fought against Britain because King George the third was raising unfair taxes without representation. It was taxation without representation. The people rebled because of the many taxes and acts (laws) the king issued. And the king never told the people he was going to issue it. Like I said, Taxation without representation
A major similarity <span>between turnpikes in the 1800's and turnpikes today is that both collected money from travelers, while a major difference was that the former were not automated in any way (as many are now).</span>
John of Damascus was the most ardent defender of icons. Iconoclasts, meaning "icon breakers" were those who were against the practice. They feared it would lead to idolatry, forbidden by the bible. He wrote many amounts of writings on the topic of icons that remains today.
