The Zapotec called themselves the "cloud people" :)
There were many reasons for not unifying in one
political system:<span>
One of them was the geography, Greece contained many mountainous
terrains, valleys which were separated from each other, many islands where it
was easy to form new towns and settlement, giving birth to many power centers
instead of one
Another reason was the sense of heroism in Greece and to
fulfil that the great Mediterranean, they could sail to wherever they wanted in
the times of need resulting from any kind of crisis and this helped them
establish new colonies all over the Mediterranean.
<span>Third reason was the presence of aristocracy who denied the
establishment of a monarch and each city or state defended their independence.</span></span>
After the Revolutionary War, the colonists created an executive branch with constitutional limits in order to prevent tyranny from the government and let the states still have power.
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution for the United States, it was very weak and gave the national government little to no power. The government could barely create and enforce laws, regulate trade, draft soldiers, or tax the people.
Some people preferred this, as they felt like the power should be in the hands of the people and were scared of tyranny, as they had just broken away from British rule during the Revolutionary War. Still, some people wanted to create a stronger government and felt like the Articles of Confederation were doing more harm than good.
During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Articles of Confederation ended up getting scrapped and the United States Constitution was created instead. This created three branches of government, one of them being the executive branch, where the president is. Many people feared that the president would become too powerful, so they made each branch have constitutional limits. These are called separation of powers and checks and balances, each branch is powerful in its own ways and holds certain powers over others to keep each other in check.
If a society decides to produce housing,for example,should it be the kind of housing that is wanted by ow-income workers, middle-income professional people, or the very rich?
