Why did the United States support the United nations

"but let us admit texas, and we shall place the balance of power in the hands of the texans themselves. they, with the southern states, will control the policy and the destiny of this nation; our tariff will then be held at the will of the texan advocates of free trade. are our friends of the north prepared to deliver over this great national policy to the people of texas? " - rep. joshua giddings, ohio, may 21, 1844 this quote points to what major issue in the years leading up to the civil war?

How might hammurabi’s code have prevented a single ruler from imposing,or forcing his or her will on people

Why did louis xvi call a meeting of the estates-general in 1789? how long had it been since such a meeting had been called?