To summarize this, they were afraid. During that time, we had just managed to successfully leave the British government, and the whole reason we declared independence was because of an all-powerful king who controlled our lives through massive taxation, without listening to anything we said. We had developed a fear of a strong, central government like the British, so we did as much as we could to weaken our new government, even abolishing federal taxes, which meant no federal military or funding for anything like education, health, or safety at the federal level.<span />
<span>She is demonstrating
an attitude of skepticism. This is an attitude of which a person tries to doubt
a specific information or question and having to ask whether the claims is true
or not, whether if it is possible or not and whether an information is valid or
not.</span>
This depends upon what time period. Yes.
In Russia during Communism yes.
During the Renninsance time period in Italy there were votes taken place.
But different skills had high positions, like metal workers, and other tradescrafts.
