Major European powers fought to keep independent states under their control.Answer:a.
I am not completely sure but I think it's 'agrarian'.
We call an 18th century thinker who believed in wisdom, <em><u>Philosophies</u></em>.
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-Austint1414
During the debate over California statehood, the vice president of the United States, John Calhoun, refused to compromise regarding the expansion of slavery.
It happened due to the fact that he considered slavery a "positive good" (using his words). His position had the support of a segment of society and had consequences that even influenced the civil war, later to come.