State Power

(Period: The Formation of a National Government)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Vocabulary:

• Enlightenment - period of intellectual and scientific progress that saw the birth of many ideas that the colonists put into practice.
• Unalienable - rights that could never be taken away and that everyone has.