Parsons propôs quatro funções essenciais ou requisitos fundamentais para que um sistema social continue em funcionamento, que são:

On their way home, what do claudia and jamie decide to do? a. visit the museum every week with mrs. frankweiler and make more discoveries about the exhibits b. tell saxonberg about the mystery behind the angel statue and give the sketch to the museum c. introduce mrs. frankweiler to their parents and tell her that they have adopted her as their grandmother d. visit mrs. frankweiler as often as they can and adopt her as their grandmother

New communication technologies, improved transportation, and advanced military weapons made it possible for countries to speed up acquiring territory. rule large amounts of territory. fight off competition from opposing nations. expand their economies, which aided in conguest.

This was an act of continental congress which initially organized the first united states territory and was to be the basis for governing how the united states would expand westward.