They allow citizens to take an active role in government through procedures like the initiative, the referendum, and the recall. They are organized into three branches and use a system of checks and balances to ensure no branch become too powerful.
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A: The Civil War
Assuming that you're talking about the American (U.S) civil war, that is.
The civil war was a conflict between the rights of the (slave owning) states and the national government. A war about state rights.
The war of 1812 was between 2 independent, sovereign nations.
The great depression was just an economic thing.
The northwest ordnance, I have the least knowledge of, but it still wasn't between states and the national government.
Hope this helps.
Motivations for colonization: Spain's colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Spain was considered to have as three main goals behind its expeditions to North America: the expansion of its empire, the attainment of wealth, and the spread of Christianity. It is easily forgotten that monarchies were not possessed of endless wealth.
It is important because if you dont compromise it could lead to bad things.