Write a short essay about the above events, and describe your opinion on how the role of local, state, and national governments has changed during us history. do you think one of these eras had the correct balance of power between local, state, and national governments compared with the other eras? do you think that the balance of government power should continually shift to meet new events? how do you think local, state, and national governmental power might change in the future?

the completion of the erie canal spurred the first great westward movement of american settlers, gave access to the rich land and resources west of the appalachians and made new york the preeminent commercial city in the united states.

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.