John Hanson became the first president of the United States in Congress Assembled, under the articles of confederation.
The answer would be trading for good, farming skills & organization or society.
A political party would notify people about certain issues for many reasons, one of them (where they would then want to gain interest and support of the public) would that they want to gain political points so they could ensure being re-election.
When The Great Depression began and Hoover remained an inactive president, he said that if the US waits the economy will improve, and the people should fix the situation