More land equals more money and more money equals more power. Think about it as a competition of who could be the most powerful in Europe.
Im pretty sure they used the sun and the stars.
They were to be whipped if they did anything wrong or out of order.
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The arts thrived during the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
They believed that it was necessary because they needed a strong central government and the articles did not provide for that. The government had very little power according to the articles so they wanted to make a new constitution. The obstacles they met were from the anti-federalists who were a group of people who believed state rights and individual rights should be more important and should be protected from a strong central government.