The Watergate <span>scandal covered up in the Nixon Administration, following the break in of the democratic party headquarters.</span>
Government regulation plays a role in business in protecting consumers, preventing actions taken by businesses that will hurt the overall economy, and also in regulating the financial industries sector to prevent major economic turmoil. Periods of unregulated economic activity have been mired by large booms and busts, so governments have attempted to intervene to regulate economies in order to prevent these damaging cycles to economies.
Made it illegal to bring in foreign corn - to make sure people bought British crops and allowed landowners to put their prices up.
B. The Great Awakening
This was a was a series of religious revivals that swept over the American colonies that were led by evangelical Protestant ministers. It broke the monopoly of the Puritan church as colonists began pursuing diverse religious affiliations and interpreting the Bible for themselves.