The 13th Amendment was enacted to abolish Slavery in all its forms. It was endorsed by the Senate on 8th of April 1864, and by the House on 31st of January, 1865. As soon as the House ratified it on February 1st 1865, Abraham Lincoln ratified the Joint Resolution of Congress and forwarded the the proposed amendment to the state legislatures where the required number of states gave their consent on the 6th of December, 1865.
Answer:
C) constitutional republic
Explanation:
The framers of the constitution is a system whereby the tried to balance the power between the government and the individual rights. They believed that, if all the power is left to the government, there is high tendency of it being abused. In order to counter this, they choose federalism as a system of government by creating the Senate. This helps to protect the opinion of minorities. This is backed by the constitution.
Answer:
C. a wealthy backcountry settler in Virginia
Explanation:
In 1673, he arrived from England to Virginia, where he acquired two plantations in the western territories bordering with the Indians. Protecting the interests of planters and farmers whose lands were in the west of the colony, he demanded decisive action by the colony administration to oust and exterminate the Indians, criticizing the governor and his entourage for their passivity and unwillingness to lose income from profitable trade with the Indian tribes. For disobedience to the governor, Nathaniel Bacon was declared a rebel. In the summer of 1676 he captured the capital of the colony - Jamestown - and forced the legislative assembly of the colony to adopt a series of decrees known as the Bacon's Laws.
