The point was that it was negotiation for two parties, they would force interaction between eachother to get an advantage in the negotiation over the other.
Explanation:
Example: this was used as a policy in the US to coerce the Soviet Union into backing down militarily.
The U.S constitution was fully signed on July 4th, 1776, the day America lawfully became a country.
It might be because they did live peacfully u never know because u were not there when it happend.