Compare And Contrast Civil War And North West Rebellion

Arguably, the Civil War and the American Revolution remain the two most significant battles in American History, as both played a big role in how the nation is shaped today. Although the direct causes of each war are different, both wars share slight similarities in the issues that led to them. The issues that led to the Civil War are similar to those that led to the American Revolution in that they include things such as infringement on rights and taxation. Also, the issues share other similarities in their effects—they split America and half and caused a desire for independence by one side. (It is important to note that taxes contributed to the issues with rights in both wars, but they were also problems themselves.)

There were many rebellions in the United States history, some peaceful and some violent. Shays' Rebellion in 1786 and the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 are examples of two brutal rebellions that led to death of many innocent people. Rebellions can develop due to many conditions including unfair laws, unfair treatment, and a disagreement over a sensitive topic. The Shays' Rebellion showed the Articles of Confederation was too weak, while the Whiskey Rebellion proved the Constitution to be a strong framework of government.

The rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada were in the interests of self-government but were doomed to failure from their beginning. Each of these two colonies encountered a great deal of problems right from the institution of the Constitution Act of 1791 and the problems continually got worse until the only choice to some seem to be rebellion. There were several problems that lead to the rebellions of 1837-38. In Lower Canada there was the agricultural crisis that caused a large number of starvations, to the French and English political and social problems within the colony. There were several different reasons that caused the rebellion in Upper Canada but these caused were mainly rooted in

In the time during the eighteenth-century Americans were still settling down on the new United States after breaking from England and beginning the creation of a self governed country rather than being the colonies from british that they were. Throughout the creation of the new United States there were an abundance of Violent Protest to express the grievances. Three main violent protest that was resorted into in the eighteenth-century was the regulator movement, Shays’ rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion.

Despite the unexpected hardships the Union faced, the Civil War ended with an overwhelming Union victory. However, due to the context of total war, the South was left in shambles. Following the Civil War was an Era known as Reconstruction-the process of Southern states to be reentered into the United States. What started as a peaceful reconciliation almost ignited a whole new Civil War. Although both the North and the South sparked tremendous amounts of damage, which destroyed Reconstruction the most? The South destroyed Reconstruction due to their strong opposition to the idea of Reconstruction and free civil rights for slaves.

Supplies was another factor that lead to the Unions victory over the Confederacy. The North had many factories that produced goods and supplies which were needed to keep the Union in the battle. The South had inadequate amounts of supplies because the focused more on farming and less on the production of goods. The goods that the North had that helped them during the war was guns and ammunition, blankets, dog tents, utensils, tin plates and cups, and canteens. Guns and ammunition played a large role in the Unions victory.

Admittedly, one significant continuity in violent protest in America from 1763 to 1791 was that the rebellions were always led by ordinary people to change government to benefit themselves. In the beginning of the period beginning in 1763, the first rebellion occurred in America, The March of the Paxton Boys. The Paxton Boy were Scots-Irish frontiersmen who created a small group in 1763 to retaliate against the the native attacks on the western frontier of Virginia and Pennsylvania that originated from the Pontiac’s Rebellion. They retaliated because the lack of the ability of the British Army and states militias to defend the colonist from the natives. Also Shays’ Rebellion was led by common people. Daniel Shays was a Revolutionary War Veteran and led four thousand poor yeomen farmers from western Massachusetts. Many of the Shaysite were also often Revolutionary War veterans which were not paid of their army stipends. Because of this, and the fact the economy was in a recession,

There were some major differences between the northern and the southern states that led to the Civil War. Social, economic, and political compositions contrasted significantly between the two territories. You might say they were absolute polar opposites. War was inevitable.

The north and south had many different opinions which ultimately lead to a war between them during the Antebellum Period. Although they could not see eye to eye on many topics the north and south did have some similarities, and they had to work together. Not only did they disagree on many things they were overall very different.

1. The North after the Civil War were festering with new ideas. There was rebuilding in need, the economy for the North was very beneficial and new markets and factories were producing more products than ever. With the booming of factories, bankers and investors made profits and used the money for funding for better inventions and better quality ways to produce goods. The industry grew and powered more natural resources, many cities were established and more lived in urban areas.

There were multiple reasons that people decided to rebel against the government during. One cause of the rebellion was because debt collectors were trying to collect money that the people did not have. The money taken from the people was causing people to not be able to care for himself or herself or put money back to the community. Another reason for the rebellion was that they believe the money raised was going to the government for personal interest instead of going to the debt they owe to other countries. The next reason was that Habeas Corpus was suspended. Habeas Corpus was put in place to bring people accused of wrongdoing before a judge as a way give legal rights to the people. The suspension of Habeas Corpus caused what the people believed was “unjust punishment.” (Gray) The final reason for their rebellion was that Justices of the Peace, including Sheriffs and Deputies, were given unlimited power, which was used as a way to get revenge and show hatred. (Gray) Shay’s rebellion did open the eyes of many Politicians and they had worked the replace the constitution after. During this Rebellion, “the people engaged in civil disobedience, violence against the tax collectors and threatened to secede tram the new republic.” (The Whiskey

Revolts started to break out in Mexico as the government moved towards centralism in the mid-1830s. The Texas revolt was a successful one as Texas was very near to US and could get arms, manpower and moral support from US. The Mexican economy was not strong enough to provide manufactured goods to frontiersmen at reasonable prices. The frontiersmen felt that they were politically neglected. This compelled them to look for their self-interest rather than to be loyal to Mexico. The Californians thought to create an independent California or the one under British, French or American. During the US Mexican war the New Mexicans thought to break away from Mexico and form an independent republic.

There were two main goals for the Civil War, to end slavery and to have the states as one and be under the Union. South Carolina demanded for the election of a special convention to consider leaving the Union. On December 20, the delegates had an anonymous vote. Soon after hearing this, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia seceded as well. From this, delegates from the selected states came together, drafted a constitution and establish the Confederate States of America (provisional government). After the Fort Sumter battle, Lincoln asked for soldiers to fight against the South, from these events Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee left the Union. Many men from the South had to choose between what was right

During the 1860s, America was experiencing a crisis that would further test its ability as a new nation. They faced no threat from foreign countries but rather they faced a more conflicting issue in the nation itself. The Civil War was a war fought by the Americans against each other. The issue that caused the country to fight against each other dealt with slavery. Northern states wanted to abolish slavery but the Southern states would not allow this to happen because slaves were of great use to them. In the document, Senator Robert Toombs Compares Secession with the American Revolution, the senator expresses his view on the issue of slavery.

An armed but limited rebellion is an insurrection. In a larger conflict we recognize deeper problems, in which case the conflict may become a civil war. Civil resistance movements have often aimed at, and brought about, the fall of a government or head of state, and in these cases could be considered a form of rebellion.