<span>The Independent Democrats and many northern Whigs abandoned their affiliations for the new antislavery Republican party, leaving southern Whigs without party links and creating an issue over which the already deeply divided Democrats would split even more.</span>
In England's North American colonies, the Great Awakening contributed to the development of a common American identity.
Answer: Option C
<u>Explanation:</u>
Great Awakening was a religious re-establishment in the American colonies which faded the differences between various Christian sects. This uplifted relationships between various believers of Christianity and eventually strengthened the bonds over time.
After moving ahead from such differences regarding church hierarchy and belief colonies found cooperation between them and achieved common ground which helped them to develop common American identity. And this helped in the foundation of many new religious institutions and united people in terms of believes.
September 2,1945 I believe
A couple developments you could
mention are:
-The unification of the states under a central government Federalist v. Anti-Federalist were the first polical parties in the US. The Federalists were in favor of the Constitution and Anti were against. They would eventually evolve to Republicans and Democrats.
-Pro and Anti Slavery
-Free enterprise v. Government interference
