This is important because democracies work differently than other forms of government (dictatorship, communisim, anarchy) if every country was under one mass rule people would be supressed like they are in certian countries. (women can't drive, poc are supressed, rohinga ppl....ect) and because of these differences in views people would revolt and start revolutions. It is because of this its important that countries govern themselves.
B, this was part of Roosevelt's New Deal which was meant to help those who were suffered from the Great Depression. Some administration were the CCC and WPA.
In the 1700's, the plantations were largely self-sufficient, and the rivers of the south allow planters to ship their products directly from the plantation.