The Second American Revolution": Expressions of Canadian Identity in News Coverage at the Outbreak of the United States Civil War

In this article I will discuss Brian Gabrial's article "Second Revolution". Representation of Canadian identity in news coverage when the American Civil War broke out. Gabrial's article is about how the Canadian identity is being challenged by the American Civil War. In particular, he pointed out that Canada's identity is very important in five important themes: importance of British identity, indignation of Americanism and doubt of American democracy, fear of American militarism, And Americans in crisis. And the main line of lovealism and conservative fellowship and sympathy.

The American Civil War was a second American revolution. The focus of these two wars is to gain freedom from the oppressive government. The civil war and the American Revolution have similarities. For example, they do not have many people, they do not have so much money, and they do not have that much firepower; but they are still fighting for independence. Some people may call it the American Revolutionary War or the American Revolutionary War, but the beginning is a ten - year tension between the North American 13 colonies and the British government. The UK Government is trying to increase its income using taxes such as "stamp tax law", "town schedule tariff" and "tea law". Using the Stamp Duty Law, the government is trying to reduce some of the huge debts. Stamp duty bills were passed and each legal document was required to be written on a stamp indicating proof of payment. In response, the settlers organized a "stamp draft tax bill" to express differences in opinion on the bill.

Revolution: Expression of Canadian identity in news coverage when the American Civil War broke out Gabriel's article describes how Canada's identity is being challenged by the American civil war. Significance, resentment to Americanism and doubts about American democracy, full fear of American militarism, sympathy for Americans in crisis and liberalism and conservatives

Historian Charles Beard ordered the civil war a second American revolution. Some may argue that the civil war is not a revolutionary war, but because the civil war has changed, it can be thought that the civil war is a revolution. Therefore, Charles Beard can agree. Civil war began on 12th April 1861. This is definitely a fight against the fate of the United States. - "War is a wrong calculation development" - Barbara Tuffman continued from 1861 to 1865, the civil war was considered the most bloody war in American history. However, the civil war seems to have continued for a long time. Many incidents occurred in the 15 years before the civil war. It shows that seven "cotton nations" will eventually leave the union.