Why did John Winthrop create “a city upon a hill”?
A. to heal the rift between Puritans and Separatists
B. to help Separatists escape religious discrimination
<u>C. to serve as a role model of a godly community </u>
D. to serve as an ideal refuge for the persecuted
E. to guarantee the religious rights of minorities
It was important that civil service positions were not hereditary so that officials would be well-qualified. The fear was that if these positions were hereditary or inherited by a parent then officials would not really qualify for the position they inherited. There would be no requirements to serve except that their parent was previously an official. By not allowing this officials would be required to qualify on their merits and not based on who they were related too. Thus better and more qualified officials would exist. The answer is A) so officials would be well-qualified.
2.)The Global Era-1940s
In the Continental Era George Washington argued in favor of foreign policy—for nonalignment, not isolationism. During continental era, for American leaders wanted the continental expansion and protection of nation from potentially hostile neighbors, build economy through acquisition of land territory inhabited predominantly by Native Americans, who suffered the most from Western expansion to the Northwest Ordinance of 1787—called for dividing territory into grid work of townships; and started to grow quickly in population. People of US expansionism both government and Americans(US)( once from British tradition/empire) conceived as imperial republic •US looked seaward and landward•interruption of US commerce by British during Napoleonic War major cause of War of 1812.
1.)The Regional Era
Manifest Destiny-special virtues of Americans and their institutions/mission to redeem and remake world in image of America. The Americans had the idea of being in destiny under God to complete this sublime task-post-cold war, US foreign policy promoted political stability and economic expansion abroad, especially in Latin America and Asia.
In the nineteenth century, imperial powers such as France wanted to increase the number of colonies they controlled. They wanted to gain better and cheaper access to natural tesources as well as labor.
The constitution was made in 1787
