To increase the power of the southern states in congress.
The American Revolutionary War<span> inflicted great </span>financial costs on all of the combatants, including the United States of America, France, Spain and Great Britain. <span>France and Great Britain spent 1.3 billion </span>livres<span> and 250 million </span>pounds<span>, respectively. The United States spent $400 million in wages for its troops. Spain increased its military spending from 454 million </span>reales<span> in 1778 to over 700 million </span>reales<span> in 1779.
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Nathaniel Bacon was a colonist of Virginia Colony and he was known for instigating the Bacon's rebellion that ended when he himself died.
He led a rebellion against the wealthy land owners of Virginia in 1676 because he resented the Virginia's governor's friendly policies towards native Americans. Bacon was helping the African Americans as they endured attacks by natives and the Governor, William Berkeley refused to retaliate against the native attackers.
In America we have our 3 branches of government- Executive, Legislative, and the Judicial branch. The legislative branch is what makes our laws. It is ran by the Congress (House and Senate). It is used to create laws, declare war, and to regulate taxes.
The executive branch is ran by the President, Vice president, and the cabinet. Legislative is responsible for enforcing the laws whether is a federal law or a state law. They carry out the laws.
The Judicial branch is what applies the laws. They also go over any cases or debates about laws that are put in by the congress or constitution.
The system of checks and balances serve as a system to make sure that none of the braches of government gets more power than the others. It *balances* (pun indented) the amount of power each branch has. Checks and balances is also known as separation of powers. Which is why it's so important because it keeps the branches equal.
