Virginia was founded primarily for the purpose of profit by the joint-stock owned Virginia Company of London. It was also important in giving England territorial claims in America to match Spanish and French expansion, and to also give England markets and resources in the New World.
Lincoln said that the unjust act of slavery was a cause of the civil war
Because of the debate about slavery in the territories broke out during the Mexican-American War, as many southerners sought to expand slavery into newly acquired lands and many northerners opposed any such expansion. The debate was further complicated by Texas' claim to all former Mexican territory and eastern Rio Grande, including areas that they had never effectively controlled. These problems prevented the passage of organic acts to create organized territorial governments for the land acquired in the Mexican-American War.
