Answer: This is a very broad question, because many countries have very different governments.
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everything was good at the time
The 19th amendment allows womens suffrage (right to vote) <span />
They moved for economic opportunity, or to escape from a negative situation I. Their home country
The Byzantine Empire took control of the Roman Empire. They carried on but by a different name. Everything thta happened in history happened to the Roman empire, but at the time it just didn't go by that name.