Why was the u. s. presidential election of 1876 unusual

The second continental congress: a. made provisions for a continental army with george washington as commander-in-chief b. adopted a “declaration of causes of necessity of taking up arms” c. endorsed the olive branch petition d. all of the above

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is

How did modern american history begin with “contact”?