Blackstone's commentaries on the law is most well know for

The purpose of Blackstone's commentaries on the laws of England was to provide a source of common law that most people could read. The work was divided into four volumes: the rights of persons, the rights of things, private wrongs and public wrongs. They met a need for laws and rules at a time when both of these were very skewed and unclear. Blackstone's commentaries was important to the development of English law and the development of the American legal system.

South carolina was so angry about the election of lincoln that they seceded from the union on december 20, 1860. they attacked fort sumter later, on april 12, 1861.