FDR was a progressive Democrat who firmly believed in the power of a strong Central government to solve the problems of the day.
This differed from Coolidge and Hoover who believed in the power of business to solve problems and saw a limited role for government.
Answer: The main goal was economic, was to extract resources from the colony, and take them to the mother country (the European power). These resources could be gold, silver, sugar, tobacco, cotton, and so on.
<h2>The six principle of the Constitution are Popular Sovereignty, Limited Government, Checks and Balances, Separation of Powers, Republicanism, and Federalism.</h2>
Explanation:
- Popular Sovereignty: The citizens of the country are in charge of the government and how it is run.
- Limited Government: How much power the government can have is decided on by a majority of the population.
- Checks and Balances: This system was designed to maintain same level of power in all branch of the government.
- Separation of powers: This allows all the government to focus on one job only and are separated into the Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
- Republicanism: This is a government of representatives and officials elected by the people and gives people the power.
- Federalism: The idea is to split political power between a large group (Federal/ National government) and smaller groups (state government).
The government is likely to restrict or interfere with the elections to make sure that a fair and just election will happen. Some of those who run for a position are already part of the government. The government must be strict that these candidates do not abuse the position they once had in the government to be used in their re-election.
