The main causes of Shays' Rebellion all had to do with anger of tax and debt collection, which showed that the early United States had a very hard time exerting power over the individual states and the populations of these states.
Portugal was the first to send explorers in search of the all-water sea route
It's a representative democracy-- it operates on the will of the people, but everyone does not have a direct hand in the government (Americans elect their leaders who will then make legislation for them and perform other duties on their behalf).
