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William the Conqueror established a tradition of royal authority in England by retaining large amounts of land under his direct control, forcing all vassals to swear first allegiance to him, and keeping account of all property in England through a census.
Answer: Democrats, especially those in the Southwest, strongly favoured the Mexican-American War. Most Whigs, however, viewed the war as conscienceless land grabbing, and the Whig-controlled House voted 85 to 81 to censure Democratic Pres. James K. Polk for having “unnecessarily and unconstitutionally” initiated the war.
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