. Democratic presidential<span> candidate in 1848, original proponent of the </span>idea<span> of "</span>popular sovereignty<span>."</span>
The land on which Cornwallis and his forces camped at Yorktown was a peninsula which was surrounded by the American and French army.
<span>The <span>Battle of Yorktown is known to be an
important event in the history. Cornwallis gave in to George Washington as</span> both
French and American troops trapped the British at </span>Yorktown.
Answer:
the Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not outlaw slavery anywhere in the United States.
Explanation:
In the Dred Scott v. Stanford case 1847, Dred Scott sued for freedom citing that as far as he has visited two free states he is automatically a free individual and cannot be re-enslaved. However he lost the case. In 1854, the case was brought to United States Supreme Court and Chief Justice Roger Taney rules against him. In his ruling, he said that all people of African descent, free or slave, were not United States citizens and therefore had no right to sue in federal court. he also wrote that the Fifth Amendment protected slave owner rights because slaves were their legal property.
Around 200 AD was the start of the collapse of the roman empire , it finally fell in 476 AD
