Americans and French had a few problems in common by the late 18th century. Both societies were very unequal, were unhappy with their respective taxation systems, and also with the Monarchy.
They also had in common a extended knowledge and appreciation of the Enlightenment philosophy. Then recent works on politics and economy were the basis for both movements.
The French used the American Declaration of Independence as a model for their <em>Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789</em> (Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in 1789). They had observed closely the American revolution, since they supported it directly, and its possible that the American success proved it was possible to rebel and to win.
American independence and government also showed it was possible to build a new society based on Enlightenment ideals.
The history of the bonanza
farm started with the arrival of the railroad, as with the history of America’s
westward expansion. A group of entrepreneurs dreamed of building a railroad
across the northern territory to the Pacific Ocean during the mid-1860s. The
newly-formed Northern Pacific Railroad began construction with financing from
Jay Cooke and his banking institution, as well as the millions of acres in
government land grants. Entering present-day North Dakota., the NP has
traversed the Red River by 1872.
<span>The NP and the entire
country was in a financial panic since Jay Cooke went bankrupt a year later. The
NP allowed stockholders, who were holding deflated stock, to purchase huge
tracts of land at a cost comparable with land sold by the government, in order
to raise money that was needed to continue the railroads construction.</span>
<span>I think that he hoped that the 10th amendment would let him use the states as a sort of shield or protection against the powers of the national government.</span>
