In many instances throughout history we see the rising and falling of many nations, leaders, militias, etc. Many of these stick in my mind, such as the Rationalist's (John Locke, Voltaire, Montesqiue, and Rousseau) in France, or the Revolutionary War led by the Continental Army and George Washington, or General Napolean Bonaparte and his rise to power and dramatic downfall in Russia, or the two great World Wars, or Hitler and his racial hierarchy which was centered around the Aryan race, Anti-Semitism, and the extermination of the Jewish race and culture. ... An example is the Revolu...

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This left America's new army without pay for their services, causing discontent among soldiers. Also a frail army left America weak against other countries with stronger militias. In attempting to limit the power of the central government, the Second Continental Congress created one without sufficient power to govern effectively, which led to serious national and international problems. ...

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He submitted his constitution to the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. ... Congress was given the power to wage war, make treaties, send diplomats deal with foreign nations, settle criminal disputes at sea, maintain weights and coins, run the post office, make rules for the army and navy, and take loans. ... There was no federal army; instead the nation depended on the state militias for defense in the event of war. To keep unity, states were not allowed to negotiate peace, raise an army, wage war, make alliances, or conduct diplomacy with other states. ...

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The House of Burgess and Continental Congress representative was instrumental in American history, influencing the colonial grievances with Britain, inciting colonial British disgust, and most certainly his contributions to the newly formed American government. ... He was an extremely powerful militia general during the revolutionary war, contributing in many ways to the independence effort. ... Through his military expertise, he developed a standing army of minutemen, proverbially starting from scratch, and rose up against the Crown. ... He was first off second in command of the Continent...

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