The Bill of Rights was strongly influenced by the Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by George Mason. Other precursors include English documents such as the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the English Bill of Rights, and the Massachusetts Body of Liberties.
The Buffalo Soldiers comprised former slaves, freemen and United States Colored Troops of the Civil War<span>.
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Answer:
- Slavery started in North America .
- The civil war began.
- Slaves where freed by presidential proclamation.
- Slavery was outlawed in a Constitutional Amendment.
Explanation:
In the 17th century, the colonists in North America brought along with them some enslaved people. To increase crop yields they turned more and more to slavery but after the American Revolution, most states in the North denounced slavery.
This led to tension with the South where slavery was legal and rampant. Tensions escalated to the American Civil War during which President Lincoln freed the slaves in Southern States via the Emancipation Proclamation.
After the Civil War, Slavery was outlawed with the 13the Amendment to the Constitution.
Answer:
A person who takes a persons wallet by force
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