America’s next great conveyor belt of progress is the Erie Canal. When the Mississippi is opened up for trade, the Erie Canal became America's next great conveyor belt of progress. It is compared to the steamboats that spawn cities along its way. It gently converts New York into a prosperous town in which resulted for the town to quadruples its size.
The North was against slavery South for slavery.
The South had more members in Parliament than the North so the South could pass more laws as they had more members.
About as much as 60% of the indentured servants would die before being able to complete their contracts (which was often of 5 years). Although at first, some men were still able to claim some land after the years of work, in the 1660s, most of the good land was already claimed by large land owners. After Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, planters decided to stick with slavery instead of using the system that allowed them to abuse workers and become rich (by using a system that abused a person during that person's whole lifespan).
The Achaemenid Empire (558–330 BC) of Persia, popularly referred to as the Persian empire, was a monarchy. It was ruled by a single hereditary leader, who considered himself divinely authorized to hold absolute power.
The Persian empire was a model of efficient ancient administration. The monarch appointed satraps as regional leaders, and delegated power in a way the preserved sufficient local autonomy to prevent most (non-Greek) subjects from wishing to revolt. It had an efficient system of roads and messengers, allowing rule over a large geographic area, and a regular system of taxation that established it on a sound financial footing. It also had a complex and uniform law code.
