It was because it was the year where the democratic national conventions has been sabotaged by 8 activists.
A polis of ancient Greece was a "<span>a. politically independent unit that included a city and surrounding land" although it should be noted that it was not completely politically independent. </span>
The U.S. Constitution on <em>Article I, Section 2</em>, addresses the House of Representatives and how it should be composed.
Some statements might have contributed for the content on the referred section of the Constitution. For example:
"<em>(...)That to secure these rights, </em><em>Governments</em><em> are instituted among Men, </em><em>deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed</em><em>, (...)</em>"
"(...)<em>We, therefore, the </em><em>Representatives</em><em> of the united States of America, in </em><em>General Congress</em><em>, </em><em>Assembled</em><em>, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, (...)"</em>
Establishing colonies in North America
colonies in the 16th century were seen as source of power and prestige. It is spain and Portugal that led the way,and their success and accumulation of wealth during that era made other european countries such as Great Britain and France to join.
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