In 1787, the States responded to the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by calling for a Convention.
At that convention, the delegates wrote a new Constitution for the United States
(I'm not entirely sure that my explanation is completely correct)
The Greek concepts related to the rights and responsibilities of citizenship influenced Modern societies due to how well functioned it was. They're government allowed rights for citizens have, such as <em>equality before the law</em>, and the responsibilities they fulfill, such as participating in public life or defending their country, go back to the ideals and practices of ancient Greece. They also seemed to have to have <em>democratic governments</em> and societies.
Through Alexandra, Czarina of Russia--Alexandra believed in mystics to tell her of omens or the future.
Rasputin was a mystic or at least posed at one. Alexandra believed he could predict the future and with her hemophiliac son, Alexi, she was in constant worry. She insisted Rasputin stay in the palace as her own personal adviser.
