The main point of this excerpt is that African-Americans were not considered US citizens.
In the Supreme Court case Dred Scott vs. Sandford, Scott is suing for his freedom from slavery. This is because his master brought him to the Wisconsin territory, a territory where slavery was outlawed.
However, the Supreme Court ruled against him. The reason why they ruled against him is based on the excerpt above. The Declaration of Independence did not make it blatantly clear that slaves were considered citizens. Since they were not considered citizens, they had no legal rights that slave owners had to respect.
<span>Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to see the Cape of Good Hope ( Cape Bojador ). He helped the following explorers to find the water route between western Europe and Asia. Vasco da Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope and on to India ( Calicut ). Jacques Cartier was looking for a northwest passage to the Far East. He discovered the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and passed by Labrador ( Canada ). Pedro Alvares Cabral was a Portugese explorer who discovered Brasil. Gill Eanes was a Portugese explorer who sailed along the west coast of Africa and tried to find the way to round Cape Bojador. Answer: B ) Vasco da Gama traveled to India. </span>
The British, it was a success.
People were governed by councils, instead of by an absolute ruler
Principle 1All people are created equalPrinciple 2All people have basic rights that cannot be taken awayPrinciple 3The government gets its power to make decisions and to protect rights from the peoplePrinciple 4When the government does not protect the rights of the people, the people have the right to change or remove the government<span>
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