At the end of the quotation, when the author says “Island” he refers to England. This excerpt refers to the fact that the English people took a great amount of land as its colonies between the 16th and 18th centuries. The British Empire and its Colonial Department was settled in England, which is and Island.
And the author states that it is absurd that a quite smaller island would govern a continent as big as Africa.
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Tsarina Alexandra's biggest mistake after she took over the leadership of the Russian government while her husband Nicholas II was on a battlefield was putting too much trust and confidence to Rasputin's decisions which regard to running the country. People of Russia no longer trust the royal family since then. Hope this answer helps.
<span>The articles created no separate executive department to carry out and enforce the acts of Congress and no national court system to interpret the meaning of laws.
To make a change to the Articles, it had to be decided unanimously by all states. Also, 9 out of the 13 states had to approve any major law before it was passed.
There was no standing army to protect the nation.
Each state could create its own foreign policy, including the passage of treaties.
Each state could create its own money and it might not be accepted in other states. The war left a huge debt, but the Articles didn't allow congress to collect taxes, only to ask for money from the states.
The central government could not regulate commerce between the states. </span>
There are many important contributions of ancient Rome to modern western civilization, but perhaps the best option from this list is "A. <span>network of long-distance paved roads"</span>
