Its the 2nd one. We learned about this!!
The statement that best describes what happened when Constantine tried to establish New Rome is: He was successful in building a new political center in the East, unified by the Christian religion.
Even Until today, the residual of Constantine's territory still remained as the center of the christian culture in the world. We most commonly know it as the Vatican city.
<u>Broad Context:</u> The "Big Picture" is that the US is trying to annex the Republic of Texas as part of their states, and that Texas already <em>shared many common traits </em>(why? part) with the US, and should join as a state of their choosing, (which means slave or free) (How? part).
<u>Other Context:<em> </em></u><em> </em>The adding of Texas into the US (eventually as a slave state) offsetted the balance between the slaves and free states, and so California (gained after the Mexican-American War) was turned into a free state. Texas was the cause of the Texas Revolution & later on the (already named) Mexican-American War. The adding of Texas, and later the Gadsen Purchase, help create today's US southern border that is shared with Mexico.
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