To begin, freemasonry is believed by masons to have been around since the time of Solomon, but the first official Masonic lodge was built in England in 17172. ... Prince Hall, an ex-slave, became a mason while fighting in the American Revolution alongside white soldiers who were freemasons. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. Upon returning from the revolution and opening the first black lodge in Boston, MA, Hall was faced with discrimination and the idea of separate but equal, meaning not equal. ... In Hall's...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ... However, the predominant reason behind the Revolution was political. ... America was no longer a truly British nation, so they decided to break away. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... But after the American Revolution slavery really died it the North, just as it was becoming more popular in the South. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographic divide, including sectionalism, protectionism, and state's rights. ... These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S. ... National Elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the p...

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• Grade Level: High School

Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographic divide, including sectionalism, protectionism, and state's rights. ... These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S. ... National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the pe...

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