The 2020 presidential election has been a disaster for people who think the Electoral College is still a good idea. Joe Biden’s clear victory has been followed by attempts by the incumbent president to induce Republican legislators and other elected Republican officials in five states he lost to ignore the certified vote counts in their states and substitute their partisan preferences for the voters’ decision. Now Congress will formally receive the electoral votes, after a series of attempts to subvert the democratic process, all made possible by the Electoral College.
In general, the news articles that circulated in the colonies immediately following the Boston Massacre were greatly exaggerated, and meant to inspire hatred of the British.
The correct answer is C, Private citizens had to assist in the capture of runaway slaves.
This act infuriated the Northerners as it provided the Southerners with the right to enter in the Free States and claim men as their slaves, whether they were free citizens or escaped slaves.
A pair of Federal Laws known as The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the Congress of United States in 1793, and 1850. The law provided the Seizure and Return of runaway slaves who tried to escape from one state to another. This act made it mandatory for the Officials and the Citizens to cooperate in the free states.
Mali had acquired a reputation as a fabulously wealthy empire, ruled by a generous and pious sultan, Mansa Musa.He had expanded his boundaries all sides and acquired the cities of Gao and Timbuktu. The kingdom was considerably rich in gold. Mansa Musa also producing controlled the salt producing areas.
