The surrender concluded a standoff that began with South Carolina’s secession from the Union on December 20, 1860
<span>The Constitution is a flexible document that should change as the country changes. Hope this helps!</span>
If you refer to Meriwether Lewis (Meriwether was his mother's surname actually), an American Explorer and a leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, partially named after him, then he was born in the Colony of Virginia, a British Colony and part of the British Empire.
The answer is C <span>Local governments cooperate with the state government and help enforce state law.</span><span> This helps things like law enforcement, public safety, schools, health care, and much more to go more smoothly and efficiently.</span>