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13 References Manifest destiny prohibition against individuals holding multiple government posts. Contents Kearny and his troops encountered no Mexican forces when they arrived on August 15 Kearny and his force entered Santa Fe and claimed the New Mexico Territory for the United States without a shot being fired Kearny declared himself the military governor of the New Mexico Territory on August 18 and established a civilian government American officers with a background in law drew up a temporary legal system for the territory called the Kearny Code. "A necessary evil" John Blair Virginia 1 Yes, On January 29 1850 Senator Henry Clay introduced a plan which combined the major subjects under discussion His legislative package included the admission of California as a free state the cession by Texas of some of its northern and western territorial claims in return for debt relief the establishment of New Mexico and Utah territories a ban on the importation of slaves into the District of Columbia for sale and a more stringent fugitive slave law. Clay had originally favored voting on each of his proposals separately but Senator Henry S Foote of Mississippi convinced him to combine the proposals regarding California's admission and the disposition of Texas's borders into one bill. Clay hoped that this combination of measures would convince congressmen from both North and South to support the overall package of laws even if they objected to specific provisions. Clay's proposal attracted the support of some Northern Democrats and Southern Whigs but it lacked the backing necessary to win passage and debate over the bill continued, Washington D.C. Business Directory. . See also: Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 enabled the cultivation of short-staple cotton in a wide variety of mainland areas leading to the development of large areas of the Deep South as cotton country in the 19th century Rice cultivation and tobacco were very labor-intensive in 1720 about 65% of South Carolina's population was enslaved. Planters (defined by historians in the Upper South as those who held 20 enslaved people or more) used enslaved workers to cultivate commodity crops They also worked in the artisanal trades on large plantations and in many southern port cities Backwoods subsistence farmers the later wave of settlers in the 18th century who settled along the Appalachian Mountains and backcountry seldom held enslaved people. Richard Stockton New Jersey 1 Yes File:The United States Legislative Process Overview (1) - Library of Congress.webm 7.5 Other enactments; .

. Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro was designated the national capital in 1983 but most government offices and embassies are still located in Abidjan.