The idea that the people have the power in the government. the people having all this power by default limits the power of the government.
Before the French Revolution, the french society had the structure of feudalism that was known as Estates System, a person belonged to an Estate which determined this person’s rights and status in society and usually, people did not change Estates.
The Peasants (3rd Estate) were the majority of the population but they lacked political and economic power and also did not own the majority of the land.
The second Estate the clergy and nobility controlled the majority of the land in France and also had important positions in the government, church, and military. After the French Revolution, there was major land reform.
The relationship of the Aztecs and Cortez was a fake bond, the Aztecs believed that he was a god that came to earth to fulfill a prophecy, he realized it and played off this fantasy so he could get close and then strike them. When Cortes returned to the city he found out that his men mass murdered the Aztecs at a religious ceremony. The Aztecs were angered at this so they fought back. During this outbreak, he was hit in the head by a rock and died. The relationship between the Incas and Pizarro was like the relationship between the Aztecs and Cortez. He befriended them for a short time and struck down the Incas when he had the opportunity. Pizarro scheduled a meeting with the Incas and killed them all in an hour in an ambush. Cortez had a huge impact, he helped explore Mesoamerica and conquered the Aztecs in the name of Spain, this gave an incentive to explore North America and Pizzaro conquered the Incas in the name of Spain and gave an incentive to explore the Andes. In both cases, the natives lost much of their native culture, they became subordinated people, they were exploited for their labor. Both of them were a symbol of imperialism. Spain profited from both explorers once they took natural resources from these places and enslaved natives.
A Supreme Court ruling made the posting in each classroom in a public school of Ten Commandments as unconstitutional Stone V. Graham.
It was called unconstitutional because it does not have any religious purpose. The court argued that it is a part of the curriculum. Furthermore, it's against the Establishment Clause.
