To stop Germany from taking over the world and to keep them from destroying our shipping
<span>The Senate actually ran Athens, Pericles was a statesmen, general and admiral who was the grandfather of democracy, who advocated on behalf of the citizens and military. However seeing as the question is phrased inaccurately considering Pericles was never the ruler of Athens, and Athens not being under his control, no it was not. If the question was phrased correctly, the answer would be yes. Modern democracy has the Athenians and Pericles to thank for bringing the ideas to fruition.</span>
When gold was first discovered people went to those areas to find it. The impact that mining had on the settlement of the west was that when people found gold in certain places they developed towns around the mines. Railroads were being built to get people to the further areas where people found gold in the western parts of the <u>U</u>nited States. As gold was found, mines and mining happened, towns were now being built and our country was being formed.
