The people have the power. People have the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Answer: The Mexican-American War, added new lands to America creating increase sectional tensions throughout the 1850s as a divide between or an imbalance of enslaved states.
Explanation:
The main question became should slavery be allowed in newly acquired territory. This issue of the expansion of slavery led to the divide of the North and the South (eventually the Civil War).
Both acts put unfair taxes on the colonists. they also were put on them without the consent of their local governments so they were angry. these acts were unfair and they knew they had to do something about it so they decided to rebel against britian.