Three major<span> religious groups all claimed Jerusalem, in the land of Palestine, as their holy city. To Jews: *Abraham was given this land by God. To Muslims: *Abraham was given this land by God. Did that help</span>
Probably the invention of Papyrus (paper)
They knew that people were going to change, and that the Constitution had to change with them. In order to be a working document, it had to be changed to reflect what was going on. At the same time they wanted changes to be taken seriously so they made it difficult to change things.
Not that well. The British attempt to curb westward expansion was a failure - Americans kept on trying to expand and the British were getting tired of paying for defense costs.