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Which were slave states and which were free states of the original 13 colonies?
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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were free. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia were slave owning states.
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Were these border states free or slave states?
The "Border States" were slave states.
When did the colonies became the US?
The way the thirteen colonies became the United States is by Britain and the original 13 colonies having a war. The thirteen colonies over threw Britain, and became free from there rule. the colonies then became the United States of America.
Was The admission of this state to the Union ended the balance of slave and free state?
California became a free state in 1850, ending the balance of free states and slave states. However, the slave states got a tougher fugitive slave law as a result of California's admission to the Union as a free state.
How did the number of free states and the number of slave states effect representation in congress?
Because if there were to be moe slave states than free states than one may rule at another and later on it will take over and have more control. Therefore, it was IMPORTANT to have the same number of free and slave states...without this we may have been either a free or a slave sate for the rest of our life...or until a president will decide to end it..along wih the congress.
Is the confederacy a slave state or a free state?
The Confederacy was not a state. It was a group of states that declared themselves as a nation separate from the United States. The states that joined it were slave states.
Where there only thirteen colonies when the civil war occurred?
The Civil War occurred AFTER the American Revolution, so those thirteen "original" colonies had long since become STATES. At the time the Civil War broke out in 1861, there were 33 states, of which 18 were "free" states and 15 were "slave" states.
When did states start to become free states?
When the original thirteen colonies declared their independence from England on 4 July 1776
Were these border states free or slave states?
The "Border States" were slave states.
What benefit does slave trade bring to slave owners in the colonies?
Free labor.
When did the colonies became the US?
The way the thirteen colonies became the United States is by Britain and the original 13 colonies having a war. The thirteen colonies over threw Britain, and became free from there rule. the colonies then became the United States of America.
What was more densely populated slave or free states?
slave states
How many free and slave states were there?
15 slave states and 19 free states during the American Civil War
Why did congress not want the new states to be slave nor free states?
So the balance of slave to free states were equal in congress
Did states have the right to decide if they were free states or slave states?
Yes but its by votes. Or so they can make the slave states and free states equal by number like Missouri
What did the Bill of rights say about slavery?
they made an agreement. there was acertian degrees to slave states and free states. the nourth is the free states and the south is the slave states.
How many free states existed in 1850?
18 states were free states, 15 states were slave states 33 states overall
Was Missouri Kentucky and Maryland free or slave states?
Missouri was a slave state. Maryland and Kentucky were slave states.
