Answer: George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and opposed it's ratification, believing the document as drafted gave too much power to a central government and was incomplete absent a bill of rights to guarantee individual liberty.
Checks-
Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.
Balances-
An even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady.
Trade between native American communities and Europeans began in the 16th century up to the late 19th century. It was important for the creation and maintenance of trade relations with the new colonists. Besides, the native Americans helped the new settlers by teaching them skills needed for cultivating the land as well as hunting. Furthermore, the native cultures benefited from the colonists knowledge of the creation of wealth by means of capital (land), labor and entrepreneurship. In addition, they shared cultural knowledge and learnt the customs from both sides.
Pilgrimage to Mecca. Mansa Mūsā, either the grandson or the grandnephew of Sundiata, the founder of his dynasty, came to the throne in 1307. In the 17th year of his reign (1324), he set out on his famous pilgrimage to Mecca. It was this pilgrimage that awakened the world to the stupendous wealth of Mali.
