Give me a thesis for civil war essay?

In this essay, I will (explain, tell) the civil war and it's important points: slavery, taxation, and how people fought over ways of life. 
1. For slavery, talk about how slaves were treated and how slavery ended.
2. Talk about how the war started, including unfair taxes on good imports.
3. How people disagreed about how they lived. Rural or urban living. 
4. Have a paragraph on the war, important people, and how the south surrendered. 

They are called independent