On the mayflower they had to follow the mayflower compact, if that helps ?
An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes; in return for the Democrats' acquiescence to Hayes' election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction.
<span>Citizenship is and always has been a valued possession of any individual. When one studies the majority of ancient empires one finds that the concept of citizenship, in any form, was non-existent. The people in these societies did not and could not participate in the affairs of their government. These governments were either theocratic or under the control of a non-elected sovereign, answerable to no one except himself</span>
The immediate cause of its fall was pressure by the Ottoman Turks. ... In 1204, the Fourth Crusade conquered Constantinople, partly because the Venetians wanted to eliminate the Byzantines as competition in trading matters. Hope this helps