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Nations like England believed that by paying tribute they not only bought protection for themselves but also redirected the pirates to wreak havoc on the merchant ships of competing nations. The American colonies traded extensively in the Mediterranean before the Revolutionary War.
In some cases, a referendum is binding, for example upon the accession into the EU, and while negotating a common Constitution-like document, many countries were required to agree to the negotiations in a Referendum. This is an example of a power directly being exercised through a referendum.
VERY bare bones back then as the country was still very young back then, there was also limitations to getting/ spreading knowledge as the people back then had limited ways to discover new things.
Excuse my English it's my second language, I believe that United states forgin policy is based on imperialism, At this point Canada Germany Japan very much all of EU is US's little empire, even though it's separate political superpowers but most of leaders has usa backed support.