The Border Ruffians contribute to the "Bleeding Kansas" problem "as they forced local residents to vote for pro slavery candidates".
Answer: Option B
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The Border Ruffians were Missouri slave-state pro-slavery demonstrators. They crossed the state border from the period 1854 -1860 to Kansas Territory as to compel slavery to be recognized there. Armed Ruffians intervened with territorial elections and hitted settlements in the Free State. The term "Bleeding Kansas" originated from this violence.
Bands of armed Ruffians occupied polling places when elections were held in Kansas Territory. They prohibited people from voting for Free-State, so they cast illegal votes. Border Ruffians voted a territorial delegate pro-slavery to Congress on 29 November 1854.
17. Natives & New England colonists, had a relationship consisting of cooperation and conflict regarding trade, land, tolerance. In Pennsylvania, trade was regulated with the natives for multitudes of resources. In Virginia, they weren't accepted / allowed & were geographically, as well as culturally isolated from the English colonists; resulting in several series of battles.
18. All New England colonies shared a common geographical feature; rivers, which provided a form of transportation and trade.
In colonial times, the New England colonies had cold climates, a short growing season, and brittle soil, which could grow little crops. Therefore, the colonists has to result to a different method to sustain their economy and turned to fishing, lumber, shipbuilding, and other industrial occupations.
