A historian using the historical thinking skill of chronological thinking might to identify historical causation. Historical thinking skill involves identifying, analyzing, and evaluating the relationships among multiple historical causes and effects. They distinguish these events among coincidence, causation, and correlation<span>. He might also be able to identify patterns of continuity and change over time. He can also relate these patterns with a larger historical process or theme.</span>
B. Lincoln had not dealt sternly enough with the southerners.
Slave laws in the southern colonies in the 1600s "<span>b.defined an enslaved person as someone who could be bought and sold" This rule was set in place to fight against some owners who attempted to set their slaves free prematurely. </span>