B. Laws would be established by majority rule.
The Mayflower Compact was created by the male leaders of the separatist group. The goal of the compact was to ease the worry of the "strangers" or people with them who were not separatists. The compact stated all decisions would be made by a majority vote to include all male citizens.
The Persian king Darius first attacked Greece in 490 BC, but was defeated at the Battle of Marathon by a mainly Athenian force. ... The Athenian Acropolis was destroyed by the Persians, but the Athenian response was to build the beautiful buildings whose ruins we can still see today.
The other major manufacturers of the world stopped trading
Henry Ford monopolized oil industry, his company, “Standard Oil Company”, would either force a competitor out of business or buy it out.
This was a ruthless tactic, he used horizontal integration to buy up competitors, and drove them out of business, that is why he received the nickname "Reckafellow".
Carnegie switched from railroading to become the master of the steel industry with the U.S. Steel Corporation. He used vertical integration. This company became dominate in steel largely because of his administrative abilities and hired excellent people.
I believe it was the civil rights act of 1964.