How did the issue of slavery lead to the Civil War?Southerners wanted to free slaves gradually rather than all at once. The Nort
h refused all compromises on slavery, causing the South to secede. Congress refused to pass the Fugitive Slave Law, angering Southerners. Many Northerners began to oppose slavery
The war began because a compromise did not exist that could solve the difference between the free and slave states regarding the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in territories that had not yet become states. Not sure if you had answers for me to pick or what but yeah
"A.Their well-developed merchant class" did not contribute to the ability of the English to profit from their colonies in the New World, since this interaction is what helped build the mercantile mindset in the first place.