Many enclosure acts were passed from about 1600 to 1900, thereby shutting off peasants from common lands on which they could formerly graze their sheep and raise crops. The Enclosure Acts were passed so that landowners could make higher profits from their land and increase agricultural productivity.
Answer: A. The abolitionist movement grew stronger.
<em>Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)</em> was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. It held that black people whose ancestors were imported into the U.S., whether enslaved of free, could not be American citizens. Therefore, they could not sue in federal court. Moreover, it ruled that the federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the territories acquired after the creation of the United States.
The decision was controversial, and greatly opposed by abolitionist groups. It strengthened the abolitionist movement and may have been a catalyst for the American Civil War.
The Revolution of Texas (October 2, 1835-April 21, 1836) was a revolt by U.S. colonists and Tejanos (Texas Mexicans) to bring up armed resistance to Mexico's centralist rule.
The Texas Revolution, also known as the War of Texas Independence, was fought between Mexico and Texas colonists from October 1835 to April 1836, resulting in Texas' independence from Mexico and the creation of the Republic of Texas (1836-45).
