It passed both the Espionage Act and Sedition Act.
At this time colonies were viewed as a major factor in determining a nations power internationally and also an engine for economic growth in a mercantilist system. Therefore, arguments in favor of U.S. Imperialism would have been fueled by the power struggle with European nations to exert global influence and dominance. Another major factor that individuals would have argued for was that colonies would have provided new markets and sources for raw materials for the growing US economy. In the end the U.S. did not become a major imperial power which most likely served the nation's power and reputation in the long run.
Anti-slavery<span> Whigs had begun </span>meeting<span> in the upper midwestern states to discuss the formation of a new party. One such </span>meeting<span>, in Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is generally remembered as the </span>founding meeting<span> of the Republican Party.</span>
Answer:
They opposed the European colonization.
Explanation:
The Europeans invaded, raided, explored, and sometimes even enslaved the native people from the lands that they colonized. There's no way that such a behavior was seen as something good and people did not like at all what was happening to them and to their lands.