The number of representatives a state gets is based on the population number in that state
<span>The War of 1812 was a military conflict that lasted from June 1812 to February 1815, fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies.</span>
<span>Basically, at one point in time while going westwards they reached states owned by Mexico, not just Native wildlands. There had to be a war then to conquer it to reach the sea. This divided people on whether or not people should fight Mexico. Another thing was that the expansion was at first mostly southern, which meant that more and more there were slave states, so they also divided on that and had to take in more northern places in to neutralize slavery influence.</span>