How do Americans share in the power to govern themselves?

How did inovations in manufacturing lead to improvments in transportation?

Why did the federal government choose to give each tribal member a 25-year deed to the reservation land? this was the life expectancy of native americans at this time, and the government wished to grant rights for only a single generation. they considered this to be enough time to keep the area calm before they could take the land back again for sale. the united states government believed that the nutrients from the land would be depleted by the end of the deed. the government believed this would be enough time for the tribal members to become self-reliant and adapt to the farming lifestyle.

After nine states had ratified the constitution by mid-1788, other states quickly followed. all thirteen states had to obey it. it became law in the united states. none of the states had to obey it.