Five Resolutions To The Compromise Of 1850, By Henry Clay

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On January 29, 1850, Henry Clay proposed five resolutions to this conflict, they were reviewed and revised and put into one, both opponents were not satisfied with the bill and the senate declined the bill. Supporters of the bill separated the five proposals into five different bills and the were passed, becoming the Five Bills of the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 was to try to keep both northern and southern states somewhat satisfied on the issue of slavery in the new states. It made California a free state, New Mexico, and Utah had the right to choose if they wanted to be free slaves or not, the District of Columbia abolished slavery, Texas loses territory to New Mexico and the Fugitive Slave Act was passed forcing northerners