the idea of a written constitution drafted by a convention and ratified by direct vote of the people.
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Foreign officers helped General Washington during the Revolutionary War, by training them to use weapons properly, and how to fight the formal battles favored by the British. Within a month, the troops were executing drills with speed and precision. Because of this, the American Army emerged from Valley Forge as a more efficient and stronger fighting machine.
The main explanation for the origins of the American Civil War is slavery, especially Southern anger at the attempts by Northern antislavery political forces to block the expansion of slavery into the western territories.
The political party that stood against the spread of slavery was the newly formed Republican party. The party was emerged to combat the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which aimed to extend slavery.
Conflicts within Washington's cabinet, such as those between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, led to the formation of the first political parties in the United States. Hamilton's Federalist party and Jefferson's Democratic-Republican party emerged from these disagreements over issues such as the national debt, the role of the federal government, and foreign policy. These divisions shaped American politics for years to come, influencing policies and elections.
Early governments emerged because people found that being organized helped them survive.