Limiting competition, this is why they're frowned on today.
Answer: The colonies had been practicing limited forms of self-government since the early 1600s. And often used this influence to keep the governors in line with colonial wishes.
My answer(simple) : The Ancient Greeks gave us the idea of democracy, where "the people rule"/ the power is IN the people....
Sources say (more complex): The Ancient Greeks gave the founders of America the initial concept of democracy. Democracy by Americas ideas (quote from Abraham Lincoln) : “a government of the people, by the people, for the people.” By the people of Ancient Greece democracy meant : “power of the people,”
A group of US businessmen overthrew the Queen of Hawai'i, took over the government, and requested that the United States annex the island chain. The US Marines were sent to Hawai'i as peacekeepers, but there were some reports that they were actively supporting the rebel government. Two men were sent separately to Hawai'i on fact-finding missions, to find out what's going on over there. One was sent by Pres. Benjamin Harrison, who believed in Manifest Destiny and favored the annexation of Hawai'i. After Pres. Cleveland, a supporter of Hawai'i's Queen Lili'uokalani, retook office in 1893, he sent the other. The two reports that the men submitted differed greatly. On the 100th anniversary of the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, a native Hawaiian student stated that the truth about what happened in Hawai'i around 1893 lies somewhere between the two reports. Eventually Cleveland gave in to the Republicans because Queen Lili'uokalani refused Cleveland's deal, which was for her to pardon the American rebels in exchange for help getting her restored to her throne.
Ans: The Virginia delegates to the Constitutional Convention, led by James Madison (1741–1836) and George Washington (1732–1799), prepared a plan of government that provided for proportional representation in a bicameral (two-house) legislature and a strong national government with veto power over state laws.
