Britain and france were bitter rivals for power in the american colonies during the 1700s. although france held more territory in america, the british colonies had more which eventually ensured british dominance in north america.
a. factories
c. equal rights
b. wealth and fertile farmland
d. people

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865