Answer in 2-3 paragraphs.
Make sure to give as detailed of an answer as possible.
Early United States history can seem boring and irrelevant to the lives we live today (and MUCH of it is). That being said, what is the one thing you believe everyone in the United States should know about. Please pick one specific thing and then give a detailed summary of what it is and exactly why everyone should know about it.

(Common knowledge only, no outside sources)

Please pick from one of the following topics:

Abolitionist Movement

Republican Motherhood

Alien and Sedition Acts

Trail of Tears

Zong Massacre

American Revolution

Fredrick Douglass

Civil War