Because they were different from the other city-states, and they had a different government system.
Kept poor people from serving the state. Imitated the laws of its neighbors. Treated all its people fairly regardless of class.
The colony of New York had to overcome the fact that they had a single government so they could make quick easy choices, and adapt to a government outside of their colony.
It was a British parliamentary provision that required colonial authorities to supply food, drink, lodging, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in the colony's towns and villages during the colonial period
The election of 1860 was one of the most pivotal presidential elections in American history. It pitted Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln against Democratic Party nominee Senator Stephen Douglas, Southern Democratic Party nominee John Breckinridge and Constitutional Union Party nominee John Bell. The main issue of the election was slavery and states’ rights. Lincoln emerged victorious and became the 16th President of the United States during a national crisis that would tear states and families apart and test Lincoln’s leadership and resolve The Civil War
