Washington's concerns about political parties appear prophetic in today's climate. Political parties were initially thought to provide options for people. Today while they do offer choices, they appear to divide us more than bring us together. Compromising is seen as a weakness. Instead of coming together to find the best course for most people, they fight and bicker until a temporary deal is made that tends to benefit only a few. Washington feared the dividing of the nation by political parties. He saw this divide rip apart his own cabinet (Jefferson versus Hamilton) until Jefferson quit.
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The Maya influence was more direct than that of the Olmecs because the Maya civilization thrived only a few hundred years before the Aztecs.
Explanation:
Land runs allowed the land to be opened to homesteaders on a first-arrival basis. Native American lands decreased significantly under the Dawes Act. Reservation lands went from 138 million acres in 1887 to 48 million acres in 1934! That is a loss of 65 percent, before the Dawes Act was repealed.
He conceived the idea of separating government authority into the three major branches: executive, legislative and judicial. This perspective significantly influenced the authors of the Constitution in establishing laws and division of duties, and also in the inclusion of provisions to preserve individual liberties.