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Desertion was a major problem for the Mexican Army depleting forces on the eve of battle Most soldiers were peasants who had a loyalty to their village and family but not to the generals who had conscripted them Often hungry and ill underequipped only partially trained and never well paid the soldiers were held in contempt by their officers and had little reason to fight the Americans Looking for their opportunity many slipped away from camp to find their way back to their home village. 7.2 South Branch Potomac River, George Clymer Pennsylvania 2 Yes Yes Emancipation Proclamation as originally issued 1 Jan 1863, Beijing China (1984 renewed 2004 and 2012). . 9.1.3 Protestant Dissenters and the Great Awakening, Emory General Hospital Lincoln at Antietam 1970 756,510 -1.0% Main articles: Theater in Washington D.C and Music of Washington D.C. Washington D.C. Business Directory, Benjamin Franklin an early advocate of colonial unity was a foundational figure in defining the U.S ethos and exemplified the emerging nation's ideals. Main articles: Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment Liberalism in the United States and Republicanism in the United States Military hostilities begin!

Sociologist Barry Schwartz argues that in the 1930s and 1940s the memory of Abraham Lincoln was practically sacred and provided the nation with "a moral symbol inspiring and guiding American life" During the Great Depression he argues Lincoln served "as a means for seeing the world's disappointments for making its sufferings not so much explicable as meaningful" Franklin D Roosevelt preparing America for war used the words of the Civil War president to clarify the threat posed by Germany and Japan Americans asked "What would Lincoln do?":xi 9 24 However Schwartz also finds that since World War II Lincoln's symbolic power has lost relevance and this "fading hero is symptomatic of fading confidence in national greatness" He suggested that postmodernism and multiculturalism have diluted greatness as a concept.:xi 9. 1 Background See also: Proslavery and Fire-Eaters During the colonial period the status of slaves was affected by interpretations related to the status of foreigners in England England had no system of naturalizing immigrants to its island or its colonies Since persons of African origins were not English subjects by birth they were among those peoples considered foreigners and generally outside English common law the colonies struggled with how to classify people born to foreigners and subjects in 1656 Virginia Elizabeth Key Grinstead a mixed-race woman successfully gained her freedom and that of her son in a challenge to her status by making her case as the baptized Christian daughter of the free Englishman Thomas Key Her attorney was an English subject which may have helped her case (He was also the father of her mixed-race son and the couple married after Key was freed.). 1986 61.4% 79,142 32.8% 42,354 For 400 years Maryland and Virginia have disputed control of the Potomac and its North Branch since both states' original colonial charters grant the entire river rather than half of it as is normally the case with boundary rivers in its first state constitution adopted in 1776 Virginia ceded its claim to the entire river but reserved free use of it an act disputed by Maryland Both states acceded to the Compact of 1785 and the 1877 Black-Jenkins Award which grants Maryland the river bank-to-bank from the low water mark on the Virginia side while permitting Virginia full riparian rights short of obstructing navigation, Domestic issues Growth and redevelopment, Congress authorizes defense spending such as the purchase of the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31).