Why did many European powers seek to find an alternative trade route to the East?

What features of the electoral system support the existence of a two party system and analyze one of these features and explain its role

4. argument take the perspective of a foreign soldier volunteering to serve in the united states in the fight against the british. write a letter to family back home explaining why you have decided to risk your life in this cause.

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.