The two main reasons why Douglas opposed John Brown's plan to raid Harper's Ferry were that he was sure the plan would fall and lead to many black deaths, and he thought he would hurt the abolition movement by causing a backlash.
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One scientific belief held by both Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton is that the reasoned thought is the way to discover truth.
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Rene Descartes used deductive reasoning, deducing a conclusion from a set of premises, to determine the nature of the universe, that was contrary to other great thinkers of the time who used scientific observation.
Sir Isaac Newton; specialized in uniting experimental and theoretical elements of modern science.
According to Google, 5 Colonists where shot and killed.
Failed compromises--Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
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After the gaining of land following the Mexican-American War, the Missouri Compromise was thrown out. After that was a series of compromises put into place which essentially was putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. Each pushed off the issues of slave v. free states until the election of 1860. <span />
Rigaudon is in duple meter