They were influenced by their people because every choice they made was based on culture and culture has a lot to do with religion which makes leaders choose how they dress and so forth. Some leaders in Latin American were dictators instead of having democracy
The Sugar Act was a measure taken by England against its colonies, prohibiting the consumption of any sugar that had not been produced by the English Empire, which in effect functioned as a settler tax.
The Sugar Act required settlers to pay a tax on any shipment of sugar that was not owned by the British colonies. With this, the autonomy of the colonists began to be threatened.
It was better for growing crops. A stable climate ensured a surplus of agricultural produce during these phases, slowly leading to the evolution of cities.
Rivers supplied not only water for the colonist, but transportation which also led to trade. Also a lot of wild life are around river which gave them food also weather it be fish in the rivers or animals that come to the river to drink. So rivers provided water, transportation, and food.
