Discuss why the colonists wanted independence from Great Britain.

The New England colonists in 1776 felt as though they were being oppressed by the British government due to all the taxation. A general distrust and hatred had grown between the separate colonies and their motherland causing a stir as the British imposed more and more taxes and control upon the growing area.

Explanation:

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

b. the passage of the equal rights amendment  

explanation:

this mean that anything that someone else could do they could do