In the speech Abraham Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for a new birth of freedom, as well as the all-important preservation of the Union created in 1776 and its idea of self-government.
Military presence
Self rule
Trade
Slavery / Mulados/ Creoles/ etc
His non-violent resistance helped end British rule in India and has influenced modern civil disobedience movements across the globe.
