O The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.
Answer: Yes. We were better over time but we became a poor country until people from all over the world started coming to seek a free country with a right of free religion. Then by the 1800's the US was becoming one of the richer country's across the world.
Just take 12*5 to get the answer 60.
Prior to the conflict between Britain and its North American colonies, the colonies were able to manage majority of its own affairs without Britain's interference. However, when Britain started implementing stricter measures on their colonies' trade and other affairs, the colonies didn't like it. This started the tension between both parties.
Two modern states characterized by Spartan suppression of the individual are: Nazi Germany and Communist Russia, since these were very extractive and violent institutions (although Nazi Germany was worse).
