What event led to the emergence of the Republican party? *

The Republican Party emerged in 1854 to combat the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery into American territories. The early Republican Party consisted of African-Americans, northern white Protestants, businessmen, professionals, factory workers, and farmers.

B: also/were empowered by the rights secured for them by the Magna Carta.

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