Each Mayan city had a king. The king was usually hereditary. The king used his power and wealth to support the nobles. The nobles served as officials and such in the kings administration. The nobles were loyal to the king because he ensured their legitimacy and the king got help in running things from nobles. All right there you go. Hope this is enough and it helps.
Previous military policies had created massive killings throughout long years on a war of aggression. Brinkmanship, as showed in history was used to let another country stop its war through massive retaliation. It is a more dangerous option to use nuclear weapons as a sign of power and capability to kill more people including civilians in a fast mode.
By the consent of the people over whom they rule.
The "social contract" refers to an implicit agreement between a government and the citizens of the society overseen by that government. Philosophers of the Enlightenment era were famous for arguing the idea of a "social contract." According to this view, a government's power to govern comes from the consent of the people themselves -- those who are to be governed. This was a change from the previous ideas of "divine right monarchy" -- that a king ruled because God appointed him to be the ruler. One of the most influential of the social contract theorists was John Locke, who repudiated the views of divine right monarchy in his <em>First Treatise on Civil Government.</em> In his <em>Second Treatise on Civil Government</em>, Locke then argued for the rights of the people to create their own governments according to their own desires and for the sake of protecting and enhancing their own life, liberty, and property.
The discussion was caused by <span>Congress passing a protective tariff on imported goods.
The protective tariff was created in order to protect local produced goods so they can compete with the price of british goods. This protective tariff eventually led to the economic growth period that known as the Antebellum period in the south.</span>
