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IrishMist -> RE: Milestones (7/18/2009 7:47:56 AM)
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Master Orion
*grins*
This one is tricky because the debates over the cause of the Civil War still rage today; and to be quite honest; neither side is right or wrong. Neither are willing to admit that the other may be right, either though.
You are correct when you say that war was brewing for a very long time; I think that the only argument you and I would have over this is the 'cause' for the war. You say state's rights, I say slavery...what seems to be the point of contention though ( and this is seen in the debates that rage on ) is 'what exactly is meant by states rights in the context of the Civil War'. There are the arguments that using the terms 'state's rights' was just a cover up for the issues of slavery; and there are the arguments that the issues went deeper than just slavery, but that slavery was the final straw in a political battle for power.
History books, and history memorabilia are decidely short sighted when it comes to conflicts; there is no way to know the actual reasons behind the cause because the people who wrote the historical references were biased to some degree ( for either side ). We can rely on letters written, and on certain laws and doctrines that were written at that time; but even then, it is still impossible to come to a strong and stable conclusion as to what the cause was. All we have to go on are a few historical documents and 'heresay'.
My insistance that it was slavery that caused the war comes from a detailed search of the years leading up to the war, and as of yet, I have found no piece of evidence that would lead me from that conclusion. If you have something, please share it *grin*
Arpig
You know, I had never thought about the Intolerable Acts. Shame on me lol. My daughter mentioned something about the tea tax, but I dismissed that too. Thinking about it though, I still can't see that as the one act that would stand out above all others. Interesting lol. I have to think about this one a bit more.
Miss Calla
The Continental Congress. That's a good one there. It made me remember something that I had been taught in high school about George Washington what happened when he resigned his commission from the Army. I can't remember the exact happenings, but apparantly he and all his men were very upset ( furious is more to the point ) over the fact that Congress refused to pay them for service to their cause. Congress had even gone so far as to state that the men should not be depending on 'citizens' to support them. Despite his anger, and his mens anger, when Washington resigned, he made no mention of the insult that Congress had laid on them and instead stated that if the country could not give to the men who faught for it the same respect that they gave to themselves, then he believed the country was not worth fighting for.
His men got their pay *grins*
The point of this was though that from what was said in history, the country was ready to fall apart at that time and it was Washingtons respectful way of dealing with Congress that changed it. Not sure I believe that , but, it makes for a good story lol.
Term
I agree. Without us landing on the moon, I don't think that alot of our movements into the so called space age, and IT age would have happened. It was a huge boost to the country's ego lol.
Stella
This one is going to be tricky.
I need some time to word this right.
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