The Republican party began as a coalition of anti-slavery "Conscience Whigs<span>" and </span>Free Soil Democrats<span> opposed to the </span>Kansas–Nebraska Act<span>, submitted to Congress by </span>Stephen Douglas<span> in January 1854.</span>
A.) state representation in Congress based on slave population
It’s lost nearly all of its North American possessions because after the British defeated the French in Quebec they took control of the lands that had been claimed by France.France lost its mainland possessions to North America
