Missouri compromise line, to divide the prospective slave and free states<span> west of the </span><span>Mississippi River
maine was slave state, missouri was a free state</span>
The Jamestown[1]<span> settlement in the </span>Colony of Virginia<span> was the first permanent </span>English settlement<span> in the Americas. </span>William Kelso<span> writes that Jamestown "is where the </span>British Empire<span> began".</span>[2]<span> It was established by the </span>Virginia Company of London<span> as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 (</span>O.S.<span>; May 14, 1607 </span>N.S.),[3]<span> and was considered permanent after brief abandonment in 1610. It followed several failed attempts, including the </span>Lost Colony of Roanoke<span>. Jamestown served as the capital of the colony of Virginia for 83 years, from 1616 until 1699.</span>
They were built to celebrate the creation story and other religious traditions of the people
A. Representation in Congress.
Many thought it would be unfair that state’s with larger populations would have more say than those with little populations
