Halp! how did the whigs form and how did their candidate, william henry harrison, win the election? ?

In late 1839, the Whigs held their first national convention and nominated William Henry Harrison as their presidential candidate. ... Harrison went on to victory in 1840, defeating Van Buren's re-election bid largely as a result of the Panic of 1837 and subsequent depression.

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answer; /// i do believe that its napolean's conquest of spain;

the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.