Given what you know about the outcome of the war, do you think you made the right decision? Consider the personal reasons for your choice as well.

Although I chose to fight for the Confederacy, I do not regret my decision, which I made for personal reasons. I was able to fight alongside my brother and friends in support of our great state of Virginia. I am antislavery and the war has brought an end to that institution. The Union has been preserved, and I am happy for that. I benefited in many ways from my decision and the outcome of the war.

Explanation:

Sample Response

Government successfully waged a war for independence against the British. Government negotiated an end to the American Revolution in the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783. Government granted the free inhabitants of each state "all the privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states."