In the U.S., There are some powers delegated to the government only, and others that are reserved to the states. However, there are powers that both the government and the states have and can exercise simultaneously within the U.S. territory, these are called concurrent powers. The areas in which the federal govenrment and the states have concurrent power include in the power to tax, make roads, protect the environment, establish bankruptcy laws, create lower courts and regulate elections, among others.
As of right now they have a democracy
The company wanted to find a waterway to the Orient. The land and climate was favorable for growing crops. The company hoped to be repaid in silver and gold from Jamestown.
19th century: The American expansion was guided by the concept of <em>Manifest Destiny</em>, being that the people of the time believed it was their fate to expand and colonize the rest of the territory (that became what is now the U.S.), whilst pushing forward their virtues and institutions, with the urge to do so being irresistible to them.
20th century: The expansion of this period (that actually started in the final years of the century before) was called <em>Imperialism</em>, where the idea of gaining overseas territories, expanding American influence on international market by expanding their industry and trade.
Similarities and differences: In both periods there was an interest in expanding American territories, although the ideologies behind those movements where different: in the former the belief of forming a great country through force of will was their core motive; conflicts with other nations and cultures were consequences rather than the motif. In the later the economic and power interest where the reasons for doing so; the expansion had many morally questionable sub-tones, such as racism and an exaggerated me-before-you approach to all, with conflict and war being promoted by one president of the time (Theodore Roosevelt).
Answer:
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
Explanation:
The war officially ended with the February 2, 1848, signing in Mexico of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
