Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas, each side hoping to determine the results of the first election held after the law went into effect. ... Opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act helped found the Republican Party, which opposed the spread of slavery into the territories.
POSITIVE: Qin Shi Huangdi changed this by making a common writing. This made it easier for the people in new China to communicate among each other. He constructed many roads and canals throughout the country which made trading and travelling easier. NEGATIVE: He wanted the history of China to start from the China he created so he burnt books. If the scholars didn't bring him the books they would be executed. He ordered hundreds and thousands of people to the Northern part of China to start building the Great Wall.
In 1619, the first Black Africans came to Virginia. However, at that time, Africans were treated as indentured servants, with the same opportunities for advancement as whites, and not as slaves. While their lives were restrictive, indentured servants worked for about four to seven years for passage and lodging, and at the end of their contract, had the right to own land and own their own labor.
However, as population and economy increased in the colonies, the demand for labor grew. This meant that the cost of indentured servants increased. Moreover, many landowners were threatened by the requests for land of the servants. They realized that slavery was a more profitable source of labor. By bringing slaves over from Africa, it was also an almost endless one. The first slave laws were passed in Massachusetts in 1641 and Virginia in 1661. Soon after, the colonies shifted from relying on servitude to relying almost exclusively on slavery.
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