The son's of liberty was a secret society who opposed the stamp act and wanted to protect rights of the colonists. After the French and Indian War the British taxed the colonists but they felt that it violated their rights as citizens. "No taxation without representation" I don't know who funded them.. sorry.
The power is divided between the national and state governments
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
Answer to this is Jefferson Davis
Defence of member nations
