John Bell, the Constitutional Party candidate for president represented the border state of Tennessee.
<span>John C. Breckinridge, the then incumbent Vice-President, a native of Kentucky, was the Southern Democrats' candidate for president. </span>
<span>Stephen Arnold Douglas - The incumbent Senator from Illinois, was the Northern Democrats' candidate. </span>
<span>Abraham Lincoln, from Illinois, was the Republican party nominee for President. </span>
<span>Lincoln received 180 Electoral Votes, carrying 18 states: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. </span>
<span>Breckinridge won 11 states -- 72 Electoral Votes. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North carolina, South Carolina and Texas. </span>
<span>Bell won the Electoral Votes of 3 states -- 39; Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. </span>
<span>Douglas received the Electoral Vote of 1 state - Missouri. (12)
In short, the Declaration of Independence states that the United States of America is a country in its own right, independent of England, and includes a list of grievances against the king of England, while the U.S. Constitution formed our federal government and set the laws of the land.
He had <span>created public works to employ jobless; gave public land to the poor; granted Roman citizenship to more people in provinces; introduced Julian Calendar based on Egyptian calendar; killed on March 15 in 44 BC and led to new civil wars</span>
Britain also needed money to pay for its war debts. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. They decided to require several kinds of taxes from the colonists to help pay for the French and Indian War. ... The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods.
