Northern lawmakers were hesitant to go to war with Mexico because in the North people began to question the system as they increasingly viewed it as immoral and believed that it was wrong for person to enslave another. By starting a war with Mexico, they believe that the new territories would create more slave states and perpetuate the system further. Aside from that, President James Polk also wanted to acquire the territories of California, New Mexico and Oregon. Eventually war broke out when American troops to the Rio Grande and Nueces River regard as disputed territories.
The answer is A: <span> gamal abdel nasser took over the suez canal because he needed the money from it</span>
C) Stamp Acts - Boston Tea Party - 4th of July
The Stamp Acts were enacted in October 1765
The Boston Tea Party took place in 1773
The 4th of July, or Independence Day, happened in 1776
