Reoccurring Themes

From the year 1607 to the year 1861 there were several different themes that reoccurred in our nations's history. Slavery and exploration are two of the main themes in out history. During this time period Slavery was going on throughout the world and had just got introduced to America at the time. I also learned that Africans were not the first spaces in America, but it was the Native Americans. Slavery also led to some huge events in our nations history. For example it was a huge factor of the Civil War due to the fact that the South relied on them for agriculture but the North did not. And during this war some of the slaves fought for the North to help win their freedom. Another big event was Nat Turner's rebellion. Nat Turner's rebellion was where slaves rebelled against their owners. At least 55 slaves were killed. The revolt was not effective and was easy to stop. It made the slave owners worry because they saw what the slaves could do. Another theme during this time period is exploration. One of the most famous expeditions was the Lewis and Clark expedition. Once the United States bought the Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark were given the task of exploring it. At this time the Louisiana Purchase doubled our country's size. Not only did they explore the land but they explored ways to run and maintain this country. And during this time people in the United States explored different types of crops to see what will grow and be profitable.