General Lee assumed that the Union is totally composed of cavalry only. He commenced an attack to advance through the Union forces. However the Union was backed by two corps of infantry. This is the reason why General Lee surrendered.
<span>Checks and balances is a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power. Just imagine, if one branch had to much power it could cause a lot of issues within our government.
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When the Western Roman Empire began to lose their military power and political solidarity, invading Asian groups started to appear. The nomadic Germanic people began to feel the pressure of the population growth. They started to move to Great Britain and other parts of Europe, the Mediterranean and Northern Africa.