The 1854 kansas-nebraska act instituted popular sovereignty to

b.provides a written record of the transaction

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.

that was the type of government the spanish colonists were used to.