The development of the longbow increased the importance of the foot soldiers. The longbow arrow was longer, flew faster and farther and was more accurate in hitting its target. It could also pierce body armor.
The answer is b. conquest and diseases brought by Europeans changed the native American way of life forever.
If checks and balances didn't exist, there would be nothing stopping a group i.e. the president, from making whatever laws they wanted.
In essence, if there are no checks and balances, government is no longer a democracy because nothing prevents the group in power from doing what they want. For example, a president that wasn't checked by the opposition party could pass a law saying that they are legally allowed to be president until they die, and nobody would stop them.
Answer: fire-eaters
Explanation: The fire-eaters had been hard-line defenders of slavery, who, in June 1850, convened a Southern rights conference in Nashville, Tennessee, "to plot and undertake a few-mode of resistance to Northern aggression."