Candidate Party Electoral Votes
Abraham Lincoln Republican 180
John C. Breckinridge Democratic 72
John Bell Constitutional Union 39
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 12
Answer:
People in New England were able to use water power to run various mills because of the availability of woods and water. Labor was expensive in the colonies as they brought from England and Africa via crossing the Atlantic Ocean. With the introducing of the mills in New England, they replaced the human and animals. Water-powered mills eventually paved the way for showing the benefits of machinery and mechanical power. By 1700 there were about 70 water-powered mills in New England.
Answer:
During the agricultural revolution in the 1700s wealthy landowners increased food production by "Closure" ; taking over and fencing off public land.