Which describes england's attempts at settlement in north america before 1600? a. early attempts at english settlements failed. b. the english weren’t interested in settlements in north america; they wanted to find a northwest passage to asia. c. some early attempts at settlement succeeded and others failed. d. the first english settlements in north america were all successful.

Reynolds's political map of the united states shows free states, slave states, and areas open to be free or slave after the repeal of the missouri compromise. reynolds’s political map of the united states showing comparative area of the free and slave states following the repeal of the missouri compromise. southern states are gray. northern states and california are red. territories to the west are green. kansas is not filled. by reynolds [public domain], via wikimedia commons how is the compromise of 1850 reflected in the map?