He thought he needed to go west
Answer:
No.
Explanation:
The government has permission to force you to pay taxes, (for water, power, etc) and if you do not pay your taxes you will have punishments. But the government cannot force random taxes on you.
There has to be a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to make a constitutional amendment. It can also be done by having a constitutional convention which is called for by two-thirds of the State legislature.
New trading routes led to greater communication, new technologies, and religion spreading