Civil War Dbq

Before the civil war began slaves in the United States had neither rights nor liberties. This would be particularly true in most southern states. The movement of the civil rights began slightly before the civil war had ended. Written by President Lincoln the Emancipation Proclamation was a small but undoubtable first important step, towards giving African American slaves freedom. Aimed towards the states that seceded from the union and which still contained slavery, this document was meant to free those slaves. And in turn allow them to enroll in the union army. With this added strength to the union, the south had no choice but to surrender. Although slavery did not completely end, it did give them the liberty to fight towards the common goal of freedom.

In the 1800’s people wanted to end slavery, but people had different ideas of how to free them. Some wanted to take an aggressive action and others thought it would be better to be peaceful about it. The historical question states what was the most effective way to free slaves in the US before the civil war: nonviolence or more aggressive action. Some might disagree because they believe that if you don’t follow the 10 commandments then god will be upset. I believe that the most effective way to free slaves was to have a nonviolence action.

The civil war was an ugly fight between the North, which was called the Union, they were against slavery, and the South who were called the Confederacy, they were for slavery.

The Civil War often called the “first modern war” was a fundamental event in the American history. The Civil War resolved an essential issue that was not addressed by the revolution; whether slaves were included in the rights of Declaration of Independence which claimed that “all men were created equal”, or not. Although the war started with the purpose of preserving the Union, it ended up with termination of slavery in the United States. No one expected that the war would last for four years, as a result, both sides of the war, the Union and Confederate States, were not ready for the war. There was the issue of distributing food and weapons, and supplies to soldiers, as well as disease and lack of medical equipment. Although President Lincoln

It’s April 12th, 1861 and the Civil war has begun. The Union States (north) and the States of the Confederacy (south) are going against each other. The south is for not banning slavery and the north is for banning slavery. The civil war begun April 12th, 1861 and ended on May 13th, 1865. The civil war ended slavery, was the birth of feminism. It was also a new birth of freedom to the US.

One similarity between the English Civil War and The French Wars of Religion was that both events were trying to incite change to government through politically ambitious men.The English Civil War was an ongoing conflict between the royalists and parliamentarians over the setup of the government. Cromwell, a member of the parliament, defeated and executed the King Charles I with his New Model Army and created the Commonwealth, a republic that was really run as a military dictatorship under his power. Cromwell and his supporters attempted to establish a new form of government, since the monarchy and parliament wasn’t solving any of the long-lasting political conflicts. The French Wars of Religion demonstrated that the civil wars were part of

Between parliament and king Charles, Charles was the most responsible for the English civil war. This was for many reasons, but mainly because Parliament and King Charles disagreed over money, power and religion. The main disagreement between parliament and King Charles was over money. Charles was extravagant and spent money on luxuries and had to sell valuable land to get money.

Also as in France, England went through the period when absolutism of Charles I (1625-1649) pushed the country toward the English Civil War (1642-1648). Charles I refused to give away rights to make all political and government decisions which caused indignation of

There was a variety of reasons why civil war broke out in 1642, Long term causes included Charles’ belief in the divine right of kings, Charles’ decision to not call parliament for 12 years, Introduction of unpopular taxes and the fact that Charles was married to a catholic. There were also short term causes for the civil war, these included Parliament making controversial decisions in 1642, Charles trying to arrest 5 MP’s and Charles’ need for money after losing to the Scots. I strongly agree that it was Charles’ personality that lead to the start of the civil war and his execution in 1949. The long term causes made parliament and to some extent the people distrust Charles, the short term causes happened as a result of these short term causes but these made parliament and some people take action.

The English Civil War of 1642 was one of the most significant and important periods in British history. The war was the result of fighting between the King and Parliament. They were fighting for absolute power. They both contributed to the tension created in England during this time and this tension sparked the start of the English Civil War. Although Parliament created tension within the country, the king was more responsible for causing the English Civil War because of his powerful actions against Parliament and his people.

Dissension among Parliament and the people of England was increased by the fact that James was strongly devoted to the Church of England, which displeased the Puritans, who wished to make the church more Protestant. Because the lower house of Parliament was composed primarily of Puritans, the new king was not popular with most of the members of Parliament. At one point, Parliament passed a law stating that citizens could not be taxed without Parliament's permission, which limited the king’s power. James, who believed in the divine right of kings, was displeased by this. He believed that, as a man chosen by god to be a supreme ruler, he should not follow laws, and did not believe in the concept of constitutionalism. Constitutionalism is a concept that says all rulers must obey laws, regardless of standing. Henry I, son of James, further displeased the Puritans by attempting to force ritual on the Church of England, making it seem more Catholic. The Puritans believed Henry to be an enemy of liberty, particularly religious liberty, as he was trying to take away their religious

Therefore, the Scottish rebellion clearly had a huge impact on Charles’s rule. His authority and royal prerogative was diminished when he was forced to call a Parliament that listed grievances against him. An allegiance was forged between the English Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters who were both strongly anti-papist and anti-Catholic which alienated Charles. Conrad Russell believes that we cannot say the civil war was a result of long-term causes, rather it was the result of a short-term failure to solve a political crisis and he places emphasis on the idea that it was the closely intertwined nature of the Three Kingdoms that led to civil war. Russell states ‘there are more senses than

It wasn’t only the King that Parliament had issues with. The Duke of Buckingham, an advisor for Charles, was not well liked by Parliament. Buckingham was the leader of a fleet to Cadiz which ended in his troops raiding the royal wine cellars, getting drunk, and calling off the attack. With the threat of Buckingham 's

Considering the past historical events, the English Civil War was a disagreement due to a conflict between the overpowering Parliament and the King, Charles I.

Between the years 1529-1588 and in the Tudor era, Britain saw perhaps the biggest changes in its political and religious structure in its history. It changed from Catholicism to Protestantism, then back and back again. It also saw major changes in who ran the country, with more involvement from parliament. Different chief ministers (including Thomas Cromwell) had different impacts on Britain and the monarch, and the influence of them will be assessed in this essay.