17. How does Article VI of the Constitution resolve possible conflicts between state laws
and federal laws?

Article VI of the constitution resolve possible conflicts between state laws and federal laws. A federal court may require a state to stop certain behaviors that interfere or conflicted with federal law. The supremacy clause of the constitution of the United State establish that the constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land and thus take priority over any conflicting state laws. It dictates that federal law is the ultimately supreme law of the land. This denotes that judges in every state in the United state must follow the federal constitution, laws and treaties in matters which are directly or indirectly within the government control.

For example if the United state passes a law that promising to preserve and to protect immigrants of a certain race , state C intend to tax the certain race located within its territory, under the supremacy clause of the US, state C may not tax a federally recognized immigrant from that race because doing so would violate the interest in which the United State has promised to protect.

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from the religious point of view, the conflicts began because of the enmity between catholic and protestants. in 1649, at the insistence of baltimore, the colonial assembly approved the act of religious tolerance, the first law in the colonies granting freedom of worship, though only for christians. in 1654, however, with the protestants of maryland in the majority, the act was revoked. the almost civil war broke out and order was not restored until 1658, when lord baltimore was returned to power.

on the issue of class conflict, the chesapeake region offered few economic opportunities to contract employees who had served their term of obligation. even with the small amount of capital needed to grow tobacco, former hired servants at best became subsistence farmers, a mature class for those called to rebellion, such as those proposed by nathaniel bacon. as the number of new hired workers declined because of limited chances of progress and reports of severe treatment, they were replaced by african slaves.

from the racial point of view, after 1660, the chesapeake colonies imposed laws that defined slavery as a lifelong and hereditary condition based on race. this made slaves profitable because planters could rely not only on their work but also on their children. the slave population, which numbered four thousand in virginia and maryland in 1675, grew significantly by the end of the century.