If this is what I'm thinking then it's like Japan's history. Where Japan was basically run by feudal lords and their loyal clans. until Japan started to becomes westernized. It's affects where a civil war between the samurai fighting for the old ways and the new Japan military who were fighting for railroads and a new age that would disgrace the samurai's life style.
The highest civic virtue in Rome was to put the well-being of the state and the republic above your own. The founding fathers believed that the US would prosper if people behaved in the same manner and fought together for a higher cause.
That statement is true.
To be precise, the united states coined both gold and silver in 1873. Before this, gold is the only material that is used to create coin money.
But the cost of production to produce gold coin is really high. Because of this, the government decided to include silver in order to drive the cost of production down in 1973.
