When it was manifest destiny. The gold rush made them rich
England didn't really care as america were 60 years to late
Answer: Hi!
The first President of the Unit States was George Washington. Fun fact - he actually didn't want to be the president, but people wanted his leadership so much that he eventually agreed.
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The Confederacy? The interest seems to be the act of slavery and the war Lincoln is talking about must be the Civil War, which was taking place while Lincoln was addressing his second inaugural. Lincoln was reasoning that the Confederacy was fighting to keep slavery, which is the interest the "insurgents" have. Lincoln also did not want slavery to continue to spread, but he was fine with having slavery, "restrict the territorial enlargement if [slavery]".
