As more and more people created businesses, they needed to expand to make more businesses. That's how i see it
Texas was annexed in 1845, and Oregon was Spain's territory.
Well as you know Gandhi's way of independence was no violence and to stand up against the government.
3- There were southern republicans (known as scalwag) who incorperated former dems, northern migraters (carpetbaggers) and freed black slaves (freedman), there was aslo the Democrats (most predominent) and indepentant party.