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It was to protect each other, and people formed aliances which created the guild 
Explanation:
They made these guilds to protect there products and that way everyone gained protection, not being in the guild back then meant you would be robbed and killed, so many joined the guild if a merchant.
Also if this is about videogames its kind of a clan      
 
        
             
        
        
        
b.) powers that allow the each branch to curb the others
        
             
        
        
        
I would know about John Marshall. He was a federalist supreme court chief justice. He gave more power to the government by taking a loose construction of the Constitution. So basically he said, "If it doesnt say we (Fed Gov't) cant do it, then we can)". 
<span>Know about these Court cases </span>
<span>Gibbons V. Ogden </span>
<span>McCullough V. Maryland </span>
<span>Fletcher V. Peck </span>
<span>Cohens V. Virginia </span>
<span>Barron V. Baltimore- this one is hard to find, so basically it just said that because the Bill of Rights was a Federal decision, it didnt apply to the states. </span>
<span>The rest are really easy to find out about, and you could type in John Marshall and it would probably give you all of these. </span>
<span>http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/marshall.html </span>
<span>http://www.lawnix.com/cases/gibbons-ogden.html- heres gibbons/ogden</span>
        
             
        
        
        
The Articles<span> of the </span>Confederation<span> is considered the first constitution of the United States. It </span>established<span> the Union and was created during the Revolutionary War. </span>The Articles<span> of the </span>Confederation<span> was drafted in 1777 by the Continental Congress</span>
        
                    
             
        
        
        
C. Troubadours were singing musicians.