Building And Keeping A

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to keep it running, when these things
cross paths we develop an infrastructure. America must solve internal problems all of the
time. What these problems are and how we solve them is what shapes America. America
slowly began to build a continental empire.
In order to achieve the five things needed to create a continental empire America
had to start slow. They first had to gain the trust of their people and settle the differences
between them. This trust was partly gained by heroes of the Revolutionary War becoming
politicians. An example of this was George Washington. He led troops into battle during
the war and then became president. American people found it very difficult to start a
rebellion or disagree with someone that had led them to victory against Britain. With
George at the helm of America we were well on our way to developing a continental
empire. This trust in America was secured by actions. Our government kept making the
people happy by writing a bill of ...

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in
Texas. This compromise did not sit well with extreme abolitionists or extreme southerners
but made most everyone else happy. In the early times of the continental empire it was
important to keep everyone believing in America. To reestablish that Lincoln wrote the
Gettysburg Address. It restated what Americans believed in and got them fired up for
their country. The Gettysburg Address fueled America's continental empire. The United
States was running smoothly on all fronts except that of slavery.
Slavery nearly split America into two separate countries. Had the South won they
would have seceded from the Union and continued to practice slavery on their half of the
continent. ...

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