George Mason did not want the Constitution and did not want to sign it. He did not want the federal government to have a large amount of power, as this gave the government a lot power to put on citizens, like the British did to the colonists. George Mason wanted a strong central government, like the Articles of Confederation, which gives very little power to the government, and makes it so they can not regulate trade or even effectively make people obey to certain laws.
The good thing was the the economy of Egypt was better thanks to the British. They also learned the English language. There was however a strong Arabic oppositon, which didn't like the European ruling (Christians settelting in Egypt). This led to several armed conflicts. British occupation until 1922 when Egypt declared its independence.
After civil war the slaves that were released needed jobs so they worked as share copers by keeping up the fields for the owner and they would either be paid or get a certain amount of the crop.
Previous American policy had centred around Isolationism. They did not want to get involved in foreign affairs and believed they didn’t need to. With the Truman doctrine, they wanted to contain the spread of communism, so they were prepared to fight wars and become involved on global politics to prevent such from happening.
