I'm the early 1800s, at the time the missouri territory requested statehood, a.) there were more slaves states than free states b.) there were more free states than slave states c.) there was an equal number of slave and free states. d.) there was no longer a division over slavery.

While he was not the first frankish king, he was the kingdom's political and religious founder.  clovis  was the son of the pagan frankish king childeric and the thuringian queen basina. he succeeded his father in 481 as the ruler of the salian franks and other frankish groups around tournai (now in belgium).