<span>Spain was the first European country to explore the Americas. Spanish</span>
Sparta: Had two kings rule
Boys had to begin military training at seven years old
Men gain full citizenship at the age of thirty
Sent three hundred warriors to fight Persia
Lived without luxuries
Traded food and other items
Had laws proposed by ephors in the government.
Athens: Men only required to serve in the military for two years
Had a barricaded corridor called the long walls
Used coins for the economy
City contained the Parthenon to worship Gods
Girls learned crafts and poetry from their mothers
Men gathered at agora after breakfast
Alexander Hamilton's main argument that the present system of government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak revolved around the fact that this government could not tax the individual states--meaning that the US couldn't repay it war debt, which would have greatly hurt its credit rating.
