. because they exported so much wheat and grains
The Middle Colonies comprised of colonies from New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. The colonies had fertile soils and produced a huge amount of wheat and grains. They were able to provide food for their own people and export
He acused other senators of forcing Kansas to be a slave state, and also he also made such personal accusations as that the other senators saw themselves as similar to medieval knights, or making fun of the other senators in other ways.
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<span>It is thought to have been the reason why Polk won the election over Clay. Polk was a slave owner and was in favor of annexing Texas which was a slave state already, thus growing the slavery movement. Clay was initially against annexing Texas when Van Buren was initially running against him. When Polk ended up winning the nomination for the Democratic party over Van Buren, Clay then changed his mind on the topic of the annexation to support it, as Polk had. This made him appear wishy-washy and led to be Polk becoming President.</span>
