Western counties of Virgina did not want to secede from the Union. So they voted to secede from Virginia.
The Politics of Mexico take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the President of Mexico is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.
The constitution reflects the principle republicanism because it divides the legislative branch into two houses of elected officials.
It was a mixture of various reasons, although for the Spanish and Portuguese it was a question of reaching India for spice trades after the embargo instated on them by the Ottoman Turks.
The Portuguese went around Africa, and the Spanish tried sailing west across the barren ocean, and accidentally discovered America through Columbus.
Well it means "sacrifice feast" and is a holy islamic holiday
