The amount of territory the US currently has would have been completely different if the national government could only legislate based on what is written in the constitution.
A perfect example of this is the power to purchase land/territories from other countries. This was first done by Thomas Jefferson with the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. The US Constitution does not say that the president has the power to buy land from other countries. However, Jefferson said that this power was "implied" by the Constitution.
This idea of an implied power greatly changed the presidency/national government. Several presidents after Jefferson would follow his lead by making deals with countries for territory.
If it wasn't for this concept of implied powers, the US may not have grown to the 50 states we know it as today.
<span>The Boston Massacre began the evening of March
5, 1770 with a small argument between British Private Hugh White and a
few colonists outside the Custom House in Boston on King Street. The argument began to escalate as more colonists gathered and began to harass and throw sticks and snowballs at Private White.</span>
After the murder of Joseph Smith there was an argument over the succession and the majority of people followed Brighan Young, who was the leader to lead the Mormons to Utah.
That’s true? I’m not sure what exactly you’re asking but I hope that helps
The American Enlightenment was a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American colonies in the 17th to 18th century, which led to the American Revolution, and the creation of the United States of America. ... The Enlightenment applied scientific reasoning to politics, science, and religion.
