Essays on Confederate States

Influence of American Revolution of the Civil War

Influence of American Revolution of the Civil War

Introduction

The American Revolution and the Civil War are two wars that have shaped American history and the American society. The American Revolution started with 13 colonies forming the Continent Congress declaring their Independence from the British rule in 1776 and ended with the Loyalists winning the Revolutionary War (Becker, 2013, p. 5). The Civil War was started when Southern states declared independence by seceding from the Union. South Carolina was the first state to secede in 1860 and they were later joined by Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North ...

Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had several specific military advantages over the Union Army. Ultimately, however, the Union Army triumphed. General Lee and the officers and men under his command could not overcome the inherent strengths of the Union Army and ultimately were defeated.

Lee’s Army: The Strengths

The Army of Northern Virginia had three major military advantages compared to the North (“Confederate States Had Many Advantages at Civil War Outset,” 2014). The North had to invade them and obtain the complete surrender of the South. Otherwise, the North could not preserve the Union (Wells, 2013). This meant that the South could ...

Introduction

The secession or sequential exit of the Southern states from the Union was a major event in the American history that led to the Civil war. Southern secession was seen as a necessity in the plantation economy based Southern states and betrayal in the eyes of the Union. Therefore, the main research question to be explored is the factors that led to the Secession of the Southern states. The factors that played an important role in session of Southern states were abolitionist movement in the South, violation of the sectional balance and economics of slavery in the South (Meadwell & ...

The Co-Cultural Communication Theory is defined as a theory that encompasses the different co-cultural groups that have been associated with negative cultural connotations, (Holton, S., 1998). The theory itself was principally created by a scholar by the name of Orbe who sought to uncover the similarities between members of co-cultures who were viewed as inferior to other members of a dominant society, (Holton, S., 1998). The Co-Cultural Communication Theory can absolutely be applied to how Blacks as a minority have been treated within American society. Unfortunately, there has been a great divide between Blacks and whites along with other ...