The road to revolution

After the first Continental Congress met, towns made more minutemen in each town. The British traveled around seizing illegal weapons from minutemen. In the battle of Lexington, the British massacred 70 minutemen and because of that around 3000-4000 minute men assembled. This battle soon became a slaughter of British soldiers which forced them to retreat back to Boston. When the Second Continental Congress decided to meet there was a lot of unrest between parts of the Congress; some wanted to achieve independence while other wanted to reunite with Britain. In the end of all the turmoil, the Continental Congress appointed George Washington the commander of the Continental Army. British general Thomas Gage wanted to get on the offensive so he launched an attack on the militiamen on Breeds hill. As the battle waged on, it got moved to Bunker Hill where the Colonials had the upper hand. after the battle was over only 450 Colonials were killed where as 1000 British were killed. While the Colonials were prepared for another battle, they were working on a petition to create peace between the two. The cocky king rejected it and used it to further increase to violence of the war.

The civil war changes the nation

There has never been a more devastating war to the US. although about 720 thousand died, ever more were subject to bad medical techniques and medicine. the deaths of the nations people forced government to increase their power and authority for the sake of the balance of the nation. the nation was being pulled apart due to the after effects of the war. the north boomed due to the manufacturing of the revolutionary weapons that were created during the war while the south suffered from the devastation the weapons caused to the farmlands. now that the north won the war, the south couldn't use slaves as a cheap source of labor due to the 13th amendment. this caused unrest in some of the southerners such as John Wilkes Booth who decided to assasinate the president. About one-third of the nation went to his funeral to morn. a train took the president from washington to his home town in Illinois. the country celebrated the 4 milion african americans in to the nation's system.