causes

Reviews the causes of the Civil War, beginning with the settlers who arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607 not planning to own slaves, although thousands were already working in the New World. Includes Internet links to Web sites related to the Civil War.

Explains how the views and actions of state-appointed commissioners who attempted to persuade the political leadership and the citizens of the slave states to join in efforts to destroy the Union and forge a new Southern nation lead to the start of the Civil War.

Explores little-known facts about the causes, conduct, and events of the American Revolution, including life in Colonial America, the French and Indian War, and Britain's attempt to defray the cost of the war by imposing unreasonable taxes.

Examines the early days of the American Revolution and the events that led up to the beginning of the war, such as the Boston Massacre and the French and Indian War.

An investigation into what motivated those who fought in the Civil War, based on the letters and diaries of nearly 1,000 Union and Confederate soldiers.

A brief overview of the American Revolution that focuses on the causes of the conflict, and also discusses significant events and individuals.

Thomas Paine, a native of Thetford, England, arrived in America's colonies with little in the way of money, reputation, or prospects, though he did have a letter of recommendation in his pocket from Benjamin Franklin. Paine also had a passion for liberty in all its forms, and an abiding hatred of tyranny. His forceful, direct expression of those principles found voice in a pamphlet he wrote entitled Common Sense, which proved to be the most influential political work of the time. Ultimately, Paine's treatise provided inspiration to the second Continental Congress for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. 46 Pages is a dramatic look at a pivotal moment in our country's formation, a scholar's meticulous recreation of the turbulent years leading up to the Revolutionary War, retold with excitement and new insight.

Examines the causes of the Civil War, discussing rural economics in the early nineteenth century and looking at the role of slavery from various angles--Northern, Southern, and political.