Julius Caesar is your answer.
During the renaissance period, the kingdom that ruled upon a certain region has a centralized power which make the main kingdom had the right to determine whatever regulations or political decisions that should be made by the cities.
Kingdoms of Western europe use more of a decentralized power and give the cities enough freedom to regulate themselves.
Due to his position and influence on this committee he helped pass landmark New Deal bills such as the Truth in Securities Act, the bills that established the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, the Public Utilities Holding Company Act, the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act
President Johnson accused the North Vietnamese of attacking a US Naval Vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin.
History has shown this to have probably been fabricated.
