Secretary of State William Seward's decision to purchase Alaska was controversial. Public opinion during the period was influenced by newspapers, which sneered at what they called "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox." They saw no reason to purchase the land from Russia
Tyrants came to power in many Greek polis regions as a result of "<span>b. Inheritance," since this meant that they needed no formal approval of either a king or the general populus. </span>
They encouraged colonization by offering headrights to anyone who could pay his own way to Virginia: 50 acres for each passage.
They also used the system of indenture, in which people who did not have money, could pay their passed with a certain number of years of work and with it gain their own land.
At the end, they also turned to African slaves.
The Protestant reformation would be considered a success because it forced the Catholic church to change their ways. The Catholic church was corrupt and lied to the people.<span />
