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.
In the Upper South, the tobacco market was unstable. ... The growth of the textile industry in Britain and New England created a new demand for the crop. As a result, men and women moved into uncultivated lands to establish new cotton-growing regions.
The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. The American and French Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment ideals and respectively marked the peak of its influence and the beginning of its decline.
Reduces their power--elites in Latin America control economic and political aspects of society. Reforms would provide more groups with rights, reducing the influence of the elite.
In any country, elites often control the means of production and the political system. Reforms, especially coming from lower classes or oppressed groups, would potentially reduce the power and influence the elite group has. This has been true through many revolutionary movements.
I'm not sure if this is correct, but I believe that establishing a government was a major issue. Deciding how the government should be run took a while to figure out, and many drafts to get the final Constitution.
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