... Great Britain was a good thing, while others believed that becoming independent from the "mother country" would be treason and the end of the colonies. The southern states, in general, were against independence. And, in general, the northern states were for it. Thomas Jefferson composed the Declaration of Independence ... , in fact, a tyrant. Another issue that was brought up was the condition of the army. Britain had thousands more soldiers than the colonies, and they were better equipped and prepared than the colonist volunteer soldiers. They had readily available supplies due to the w...

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... of the American economy that had thrived for decades. This section of the economy was the growth and exportation of such cash crops as indigo, rice, and tobacco in the Southern colonies. The interests of farmers were championed by the Anti-Federalist/Jeffersonian view on what America's economy should be. Jefferson believed that the future of America could be found in the ... also contained differences in how the American economy should run at that time. The Federalists, again led by Hamilton, called for a national bank that could issue a uniform currency for the colonies. The Federalist...

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... North America rarely interacted with one another. From the beginning, the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies did not share a common historical path other than the fact that they were all claimed under the English flag. ... Two of such early "national" events were the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment. The Great Awakening was a time period during which churches within the colonies were being "revived" or restored in religious enthusiasm. This movement brought many to repentance and caused many to change their lives. However, this movement ... gave form to religious equality. O...

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... that time period, "Since there are no minutes of the debate about the Declaration in Congress, we can only conclude from Jefferson's private notes that mentioning the topic displeased both Southern planters, especially those in South Carolina and Georgia who -in contrast to Virginians - wanted to continue to import more cheap enslaved laborers, and Northern merchants and skippers who profited from ... farm the land and manage their estates and plantations. And it was evident what would happen without the use of slavery. When Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery after the Civil War, Souther...

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... , but the deal that was worked out between the men was that the nation's capital was to be moved in exchange for a plan designed by Alexander Hamilton to help the colonies escape debt. The next event was very patchy to me. In "The Silence", Ellis tells how slavery was a big subject to Benjamin Franklin, and how he wanted to end all ... from James Madison who basically told Franklin that he was crazy. Madison explained to Franklin why the "Founding Fathers" did not do anything about slavery. And he said that the southern economy depended on slavery that it should be up to the state whethe...

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