Uncle tom's cabin was a Pre-Civil War book that helped fuel <span>the abolitionist cause in the 1850s.</span>
<span>- to produce more of certain goods and services in a more efficient way
- to trade with one another for goods or services they cannot provide on their own
- to produce more goods and services, and to contribute to greater global prosperity
In regard to goods or services a country cannot provide on its own, it may also simply be that it cannot provide those goods or services with the same degree of efficiency or quality as can another country. This is the idea of comparative advantage, where each country focuses on producing those things in which it has an advantage over others and then trade with others for the other goods or services it desires. On the global scale, this does increase productivity and prosperity overall.
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This was before the American Revolution but when Britain was being annoying (1775 or 1776) and The Committee of Correspondence was a means of communication between colonies and became increasingly important to share information, getting closer to the Revolution.
The Framers wanted the nation to be a democracy where the people controlled their government rather than the government controlling the people. So, they allowed the Constitution to be amended but only by a majority of states to ensure that the people wanted a Constitutional Convention.