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It established the idea of popular sovereignty. This meant that states could choose whether to be a slave state or free based on what their population wanted.
It makes no sense for a government on a small island such as Britain to have control over the colonies in America since America is so much bigger, as well as an ocean away.
Explanation:
A) ordered martial law in the state