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To what extent was any level of the government (national, state, or local) of 1786-87 able to carry out the functions for which government is established?
Well, the big issue in those years was that the Articles of Confederation -the first form of Constitution in the United States- left a weak central government that was very limited. It only could manage the post office and deal with the Native American Indian tribe's issues, among other minor things. The states remained sovereign and had more power. The states could collect money through taxation. And if the central government needed money, it had to ask for it from the states.
To what extent were the purpose(s) of government listed in the Preamble threatened by anarchy during this period?
The risk was major and the government realized this with the incidents of the Shay Rebellion in Massachusetts. The central government could not raise an army, and the Shay Rebellion was a tough lesson to learn.
That is why the delegates of the states participated in the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the summer of 1787, to create a new form of government based in a new Constitution.
In 1900, attacks took place across China in connection with the Boxer Rebellion<span> which targeted Christians and foreigners. </span>Many missionaries with their children, as well as native Christians<span> were killed and much property was destroyed.</span><span> While most missionaries, including those of the largest affected mission agency, the </span>China Inland Mission<span> led by </span>Hudson Taylor, refused to even accept payment for loss of property or life "in order to demonstrate the meekness of Christ to the Chinese" when the allied nations were demanding compensation from the Chinese government,<span> not all missionaries acted with similar restraint.</span>
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The Potsdam Conference<span>, 1945. The Big Three—Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry </span>Truman<span>—met in </span>Potsdam<span>, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.
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