The admission of California into the United States was a divisive national issue because California's entry would upset the nation's numerical balance of free and slave states.
Answer:
La Salle expedition threatened Spain's presence in Texas because if France had successfully made a new colony they would have claimed that land and Spain wouldn't be able to claim it therefore France would have more land than Spain and then they would most likely probably go into a war about who has Texas and so on.
Explanation:
Most Americans supported isolationism. They didn't want to engage in another European war. Although this agreement didn't include sending troops to Europe, it involved sending 50 destroyers to UK, so the amount of help was rather major.
A proprietary colony was a type of British colony mostly in North America and the Caribbean in the 17th century. In the British Empire, all land belonged to the ruler, and it was his prerogative to divide.
