It is the "Great Chain of Being"--derived from the thinking of Plato and Aristotle-- that recognizes God as the ultimate authority in government and law, and of course over all humans and animals.
An equation is an equation because that is how it works for the numbers to be in order.
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1. Missouri Compromise (allowed slavery in Missouri)
2. Kansas-Nebraska Act (made Kansas a territory free do decide on slavery)
3. Dred Scott (made black people property)
4. Fugitive Slave Act (forced north to cooperate with slave owners)
5. Bleeding Kansas (Missouri pro-slavery men invaded and terrorized Kansas to force slavery)
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