Princeton was an offensive battle and Trenton was a defensive battle.
The Albany Plan of union was proposed by Benjamin Franklin and called for the formation of a permanent federation of the American colonies. The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal introduced by Benjamin Franklin during the Albany Congress in 1754.
In 1854, the Missouri Compromise was repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories.
The massive land grab was significant because the question of extending slavery into newly acquired territories had turned into a leading political issue
