Merchants gained power at the end of the Middle Ages. What did this power allow?

The early democratic-republican party believed that the united states

As the coach of the u. s. olympic cycling team, i can state without question that the swedish and french teams were using illegal steroids. how else could they have beaten us so badly in the last competition? the u. s. team trained much harder and was much more skilled than our opponents. we only lost because a few teams cheated.

How did african americans the union during the civil war? a. by serving as representatives in congress b. by enlisting in the military to fight c. by organizing massive slave revolts in the south d. by negotiating for peace with the confederacy