Stamp act, battle of Lexington and concord and then the Boston tea party
Political parties shape public policy by establishing the link and communication between the rulers and the governed, in order to increase the participation of society in the political sphere, contributing strongly to a political and ideological awareness of the citizens, with the intention of getting involved with the democratic process, be it electoral, during the elections, or governmental, which encompasses actions carried out by the spheres of power.
Mass society is a sociological term which revolves around creating mass-scale culture and impersonal social institutions which serve as creators of a mass culture for the entire population. They are usually heavily involved with the mass media and easy access by all people from within a society. It started rising in the 19th century with the industrial revolution
Mass society was very important for the economy because factories started manufacturing high amounts of goods that were affordable and easily distributed to everyone which led to large earnings and large economic growth of countries. For example, people don't go to traditional shoemakers anymore but rather to big companies that sell standardized shoes
Leisure activities also changed with the rise of the mass society culture with things like advertising. For example, local communities had their own ways of spending their leisure time however with the advent of mass media culture started unifying and people started spending their leisure time in more or less the same way regardless of where they are.
D) The passage of the amendments was to abolish slavery and establish rights to previous slaves.
Because they believed that everything they were put in a tomb with would end up with them in the afterlife, and the more elaborate their tomb, they would live a more luxurious life in the afterlife.