South Carolina led the Secession Movement when they seceded on 20 December 1860.
Americans hated President Hoover. They believed that he was the source of all of their misfortune. To top off their hatred, Hoover refused to get the government involved in kickstarting the economy.
Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in France by a coup d'etat. He overthrew the Directory, which was in charge at the time and created a dictatorship straight away. He then became "First Consul" of France for ten years before ruling as an emperor. Napoleon Bonaparte established the Napoleonic Code, where there was freedom of religion, and demanded that people should not receive jobs based on their social status, but on their merit.
Isn't it the Declaration of Independence?
