When voting rights frist started only wealthy land owners were allowed to vote which was an idea that was taken from the Greek Democracy and all members of the Greeek Assembly were elected their positions by citizens that they represented and were paid for their work in the public office just like the way the U.S. elects their officials. The U.S. also took the 3 branches of government from the Greek Democracy and the citizens right to exercise political power. The Constitution was an idea taken from the Roman Republic. The Roman Republic had a list of rules called the Twelve Tables (list of rules/Roman legal system) and both the Roman & U.S. Senate's deal with foreign policies.
The colonists' reaction to the Boston Tea Party was anything but celebratory. ... In April 1774, Parliament passed a set of laws called the Coercive Acts aimed at punishing Boston. The Port Act closed Boston Harbor until further notice, throwing the entire economy of New England into a tailspin.
The correct answer to this question is "C. Andrew Carnegie". Carnegie was born in a poor region in Scotland in 1835. It was quite a typical shared weaver cottage with only one single room. In 1848, he and his family moved to Allegheny, Pennsylvania where Carnegie would soon become one of the biggest steel tycoons in America. In 1849, he became a worker in the telegraph company where he would barely get $3 a week; however, he quickly acquired experience needed, and in just ten years became a superintendent of the Pennsylvania railroad company where he would later grasp more knowledge regarding steelworks.
