What happened to tobacco in the mid-1700s? which states passed laws outlawing slavery after the war? how could you describe the emancipation of slaves in the north? how could you describe the free black situation in the southern states? overall, how would you describe the war from the patriots’ perspective? in the early days of the war, what was the american perception of the war? in which army did colonists prefer to serve, the local militia or the continental army, and why? what was promised when the war was over? how many men did congress authorize for the army? what was the maximum amount of soldiers ever in the army? why did the public fear the army? how did the army interact with the public?

1 Tobacco was the most valuable cash crop produced in the 1700s until the invention of the cotton gin. Large quantities of it was produced rapidly.

2 Five of the Northern self-declared states adopted policies to at least gradually abolish slavery: Pennsylvania (1780), New Hampshire and Massachusetts (1783), Connecticut and Rhode Island (1784).

3 Had any slave state ended its secession attempt before January 1, 1863, it could have kept slavery, at least temporarily. The Proclamation only gave the Lincoln Administration the legal basis to free the slaves in the areas of the South that were still in rebellion on January 1, 1863.

4 In United States history, a free Negro or free black was the legal status, in the geographic area of the United States, of blacks who were not slaves.

5 The patriots wanted independence from the British because they knew that they were misrepresented and treated unfairly, compared to the English living in England. Since they believed strongly in the term, “no taxation without representation,” they knew that fighting, and eventually winning the war and establishing their own government and legislature would be more fair to the Americans.

6 The war that was fought during this time was the American War of Independence. The colonialists were tired of being ruled by Great Britain so they formed an army to fight for their independence. The colonial army kept itself in the war during the difficult early years by trading with the enemy and refusing to pay for British military operations. The turning point was the growing chaos in Western America and the British were no longer able fight the colonialists. At the end of the day, the colonial army won the war for their independence from the British.

7 For contemporary Americans the difference between militia and regular, or “Continental,” soldiers is hard to grasp. Both fought in the war. ... For decades after the Revolution, politicians spouted clouds of hot air on the subject, mostly aimed at denigrating the regular army in favor of the militia.

8 The surrender at Appomattox took place a week later on April 9. While it was the most significant surrender to take place during the Civil War, Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy's most respected commander, surrendered only his Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

9 The plan required four states to raise 700 men for one year's service. Congress instructed the Secretary at War to form the troops into eight infantry and two artillery companies.

10 1 Troops. The United States has approximately 1.3 million active-duty troops, with another 865,000 in reserve, one of the largest fighting forces of any country. The United States also has a global presence unlike any other nation, with about 200,000 active troops deployed in more than 170 countries.

11 Phobias. A phobia is an intense fear reaction to a particular thing or a situation. ... Phobias cause people to worry about, dread, feel upset by, and avoid the things or situations they fear because the physical sensations of fear can be so intense. So having a phobia can interfere with normal activities.

12 The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub.L. 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered

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