The federal claim was based on allegations that original ownership of the land was held by the united states before california was made a state, that former supreme court cases adjudicating state ownership were erroneous and should be overruled
Basically, Texas has had underwater areas for as long as it has existed. When it was discovered that there were oil deposits there, the federal government wanted to take it away from Texas who was a recognize owner of the land. It was a case where the state and the federation had to fight in the supreme court. Politics changed because Texas started hating on anyone who tried to take it away so they switched their presidential support based on this.
North and South Carolina became separate colonies in 1712. That is because of some riots that broke out in the first decades of the eighteenth century and the inability of lords to govern the colony, Carolina was separated into two parts.
The forty-eight states of the U.S. in the center of North America are called the contiguous United States or officially the conterminous United States.
<span>Uprisings such as Shays' Rebellion highlighted the weakness of the "Articles of Confederation," since it became clear that the Articles did not give the central (federal) government enough power. </span>
