Explanation:
According to the Declaration of Independence, the government gets its power to govern from the people that it governs. As the Declaration says, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. This was an idea that derived from Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke.
Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered The Americas after taking 4 trips across the Atlantic Ocean. He tried to find a route from Europe to Asia.
The spanish controlled the Philippines for Centuries
The spanish took control over philippines since 1565 and the philippines declared their independence from the spanish in 1898. That was more than 4 Centuries <span />
C. Widespread greed and corruption.
The term Gilded Age referred to the glitz and glamour of the time period but also indicated only a few had access to the money of the time. Many came to America for the "streets paved in gold" but rather found they were paved in horse feces and filth. The upper class were beyond wealthy and used unfair methods to gain that wealth.
The Nile River is described as the lifeblood of Egypt because everybody needed the river. They grew crops, took baths, and cleaned clothes in the river. So many people relied on the river back then, and still do to this day. The number one reason the river was needed was for crops. The sand and dirt away from the river was not fertile and dry, so crops weren't able to be grown. Now next to the river, the ground as fertile and wet. Farmers lived near and relied on the Nile a lot.
