In the Emancipation Proclamation, President Lincoln declared all slaves who lived in states rebelling
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against the government were free.</span>
Because of their inherent dislike for any Monarchy, also because it provided special privileges based on the status of birth. {France provided the American revolution with the Navy, weapons, and supplies they had a special bond with the people of France. Many Americans felt that they owed France and immediate and meaningful offer of assistance. Americans were excited when they first learned of the French revolution because they felt it would increase trade with France.}
An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
