Ships in those days depended on sails to get around. That being said, they'd usually take anywhere from 8 to 12 weeks.
The Twenty-Fourth Amendment abolished the poll tax and was later expanded to prohibit literacy tests as well.
With Benedict Arnold, he led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775. Green Mountain Boys
It increased the purchasing power of rich Americans.
Citizens can work to support or oppose bills proposed by Congress in a number of ways including calling or speaking to their Congressional representatives, gathering grassroots support to lobby the government, working with lobbyists to lobby the government, or using the media as a tool to influence the process of passing the bill.
