They pursued Tobacco, Horses, Farming primarily. There were also blacksmiths, clothiers, and builders/loggers.
Upon leaving office, Washington issued the "Farewell Address". Washington warned against 2 things: political parties and entangling alliances. Political parties would rip the country apart due to the divisiveness of them. The other was entangling alliances. By having allies and helping them, Washington said that they would pull us into wars. We should try to remain neutral in issues that didn't directly involve us.
Well if you take the declaration of independence America used the governments of rome, the teaching of the enlightenment and the magna carta to base the document upon
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