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... representatives to be acquainted with local politics and common issues of the people, and therefore, local interests would be placed under the control of the state legislatures. At the same time, if all control was at the state level, it would be extremely difficult for the state legislature to make decisions on a national level, and therefore, federal interests would be handled ... ...
... early as 1630. Aboard the Arbella, en route to the New World, John Winthropp described the inequality of wealth and social/political status (into which people were born at the time) as "for the glory of (the individual's) Creator and the common good of the creature, man."" Later however the religious emphasis put on American lifestyle by the first Puritan settlers ... reinvested, and not lavishly spent on luxuries; (writing of his own home) " our table was plain and simple, our furniture was of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate i...
