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Patronage has two definitions.
1. the support from a patron
2. the right to privileges or the power over appointments in office
In divergence to the northern and middle colonies, the
southern and Chesapeake colonies, as well as Maryland, were mainly rural
settlements. Maryland quickly prospered because, like its neighbor, Virginia,
its economy was based on tobacco. The Chesapeake and North Carolina colonies
were the example for large plantations and plantation-based economies. By
growing a soon-to-be cash crop, these colonies required a lot of attention and hands-on
labor that was supplied by enslaved Africans. These colonies helped expand
Colonial America's export economy and other nations' dependence on similar
crops and/or products grown here.
During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe. In late 1991 the Soviet Union itself dissolved into its component republics. With stunning speed, the Iron Curtain was lifted and the Cold War came to an end.
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- Loyalty to one's superiors and obedience to them (superiors could be the father, husband, king and others)
-The five Constant Virtues: Benevolence, Righteousness, propriety, wisdom and fidelity
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D. The right for people to decide for themselves (that's the "popular" part) without federal intervention.
For examples of how this didn't work as planned, see "Bleeding Kansas," Kansas-Nebraska Act, and much of the decade or so leading up to the start of the Civil War...
