There were 30 states at the beginning of 1850 and 31 at the end. <span>At the start: </span> <span>15 free states- Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin </span>
<span>15 slave states- Delaware Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama </span>
<span>Then, with the Compromise of 1850, California came into the Union as a free state.</span>
The Articles of Confederation created a national government composed of a Congress, which had the power to declare war, appoint military officers, sign treaties, make alliances, appoint foreign ambassadors, and manage relations with Indians.
Gregor Mendel was an Austrian priest, mathematician and most importantly a botanist. He is considered to be the father of classical genetics. He was among the first people to find about the dominant and recessive traits that are passed randomly from the parents to the offspring.
