When the North American colonists rebelled against England, they found it necessary to set up a national government. ... The First and Second Continental Congresses fought the Revolutionary War, while the Constitutional Convention created the federal form of government establishing the United States of America.
Many of them adopted the religion of the Great Awakening, Protestantism.
Explanation:
This religion gave hope to many of the slaves that there was something better after their horrible life enduring pain and suffering at the hands of their slave masters.
Land Act of 1820
Date: 1820
Description/Significance:
This act is significant in that it triggered the settlement of the Northwest and Missouri territories. This act encouraged those settlements by lowering the price of public land and also by prohibiting the purchase of federal acreage on credit. This eliminated one of the causes of the Panic of 1819.
