Unlimited governmental powers was not a feature of the new state governments. State governments in the U.S. are structured in the same way as the federal government, with executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
One of the effects on the French and Indian War on the American colonists was that Great Britain imposed new taxes on the colonists in order to pay new war debts. <span />
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Lincoln had long opposed the expansion of slavery into Western territories. As president he supported a transcontinental railroad, homestead legislation and land-grant colleges; helped organize vast areas of the West into territories; and planted his Republican Party in the region.