1. We are giving rights by the government that allow us to do many things (with some obvious exceptions).
2. We are not required to do outrageous things like put children in an arena or make people pay very high taxes and "tributes".
3.The government cares for the welfare of the people.
The American resources that were the most important to the Spanish were gold and silver, while for the French it was the furs that they traded. England found great profit in the tobacco trade.
I believe its the oil crisis of 1973.
