Separated by the Atlantic ocean, the colonies were on the opposite side of the ocean from Great Britain, this geographical fact meant that the mother country lacked the ability to enforce policy in the colonies subjects and leaders. Due to this issue, gradually the colonies were extended more rights and developed a unique form of government in opposition to that of the British Empire, particularly that of monarchical rule, top-down leadership and they established their democracy through conflict and devolution.
The 14th amendment of the United States Constitution was ratified in 1868 and grants the guarantee to all citizens of an equal protection of the laws. This amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US, also the former slaves.
Question: How did the 14th Amendment help the process of granting former slaves citizenship and the rights that had been previously denied to them?
Answer: The 14th Amendment defined a citizen as a person born or naturalized in the United States, regardless of color.
The European voyages of exploration lead to European empires in the Eastern Hemisphere, because after the age of exploration was the age of colonization where European settlers moved to the New World. However, for the Eastern Hemisphere, there were a smaller amount of settlers and a large amount of temporary European residents who were there to work for their European home land to expand the empire. The discovery of these new lands enabled the empires to grow in the Eastern Hemisphere.
