Because the French nobility, king Louis XVI and the clergy had one major thing in common. All of them enjoyed and lived a lavish lifestyle full of riches, good food, and different luxuries that the average citizen in France could not even imagine perhaps. This is also the reason why they were criticized most.
<span>Before the
Civil War, citizens saw the national government as a distant, even foreign, entity.
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Before Civil War there were of lot of elements contributing
in the concept of a distant, even foreign, entity. For example
slavery and state rights had become inseparably knotted to each other until
186, the national government’s power over the states, the way South lived and
many more were the causes of the concept.
The government is responsible for the up keep of public facility's since they are part of peoples every day lives, and people can not lead every day lives without access to them. As stated in the constitution the government must uphold life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which means making sure citizens rights are upheld. Public facility's fall under life which makes the government responsible for the upkeep of public facility's. I hope this helps.
In the US the two houses of Congress are:
1) The House of Represenatives, lead by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and
2) Senate, lead by the President of the Senate.
House of Lords can be found in the UK.
"House of Parliament" would not be found, as "Parliament is another name for Congress (used in other countries)