What Is Forchhammer's Principle? Give Examples of the Evidence Which

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Essay

What is Forchhammer's principle? Give examples of the evidence which allowed Georg Forchhammer to develop this principle. How do residence times provide a foundation for this principle?

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Definitions:

Tejanos

Residents of Mexican heritage living in Texas, especially those who were in the region before it became part of the United States.

Texas Borderland

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Dred Scott Case

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1857 which ruled that African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be American citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court.