Unlike britain, france, and russia, the united states
a. controlled large areas of china.
b. wanted to keep trade in china open.
c. had no interest in trade with china.
d. broke china into distinct spheres of influence.

the federal constitution of the united mexican states of 1824 was enacted on october 4 of 1824, after the overthrow of the mexican empire of agustin de iturbide. in the new constitution, the republic took the name of of united mexican states. it was replaced by the federal constitution of the united mexican states in 1857.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”