explain some of the ways colonial Americans overcame the collective action Colonies were able to overcome the collective action problem through unity and collaboration Those within the colonies that saw the British rule as too tyrannical to withstand banded together in order to combat the ruling powers It was through the cooperation of the people in the trust in certain political leaders that the colonies were able to band together and establish independence and furthermore a government Through compromise and favor of the people Collective Action allowed for progressiveness It was through the establishment of a common goal of the different players of the American Revolution that task were able to be completed While different objectives existed the main objective of independence and the end of a tyrannical rule were made paramount from the individuals involved dual federalism cooperative federalism and regulated federalism While Federalism won out in the political debate as the best doctrine to be established there existed several stages of its existence Duel federalism cooperative federalism and regulated federalism all operated differently Dual Federalism still gave some form of independence to the states as it allowed for power to be divided between the state and national governments without the states having to worry about major interference It was the closest ideal to that of the anti federalist between the 3 stages Cooperative federalism and regulated federalism unlike dual federalism involve collaboration and involvement of the national government with the states Cooperative federalism focuses also on an equality approach somewhat similar to dual federalism however with cooperative federalism there exists a bond and understanding between the state and national governments as oppose to them operating separately It encourages national and state governments to work together in order to solve issues Regulated Federalism unlike Dual federalism involves further involvement of the national government in state affairs It encourages and coerces operation through punishment tactics such as withhold of grants and other funding It is a system in which the government controls more and while checks and balances exist it encourages states to be more cooperative with the will of the national government the checks and balances that the three branches of the federal government have over each other Checks and Balances in America is an established system to maintain democratic process and ensure that no one branch or individual would gain too much power or be able to exercise independently of one another Each branch can be restrained by another as well as restrain others The Executive branch is responsible for the nominations of those who will sit in the judicial branch however the judicial branch can determine presidential acts as unconstitutional Furthermore it can veto legislation from the Legislative Branch but the Legislative branch can impeach the president and control the budget The Legislative branch confirms the presidents nominations however can impeach judges and remove them from office however the judicial branch can deem Legislative acts as unconstitutional These checks can lead to a divided government as one party may control the executive branch and another controls the legislative branch leading to a gridlock on progress If a power struggle exist as it always will members of congress or Presidents will act in accordance with their political affiliation and each branch will exercise its power to halt another leading little to no progression This is an issue with Americas two party system that exist in the realm of checks and balances Barron v Baltimore In the case of Barron v Baltimore an individual named John Barron sued his city government claiming that the Mayor was responsible for the damages of his property He had felt that his constitutional rights had been violated He claimed that the city damaged his business with sand and water and demanded compensation He originally won the case however the appellate court reversed the ruling The supreme court ruling was the basically Barron could not sue the city of Baltimore under infringing against the constitution because the issues raised as such in the 5th amendment were only subject the national government Therefore states were only subject to their own constitutions and can not be sued under lawsuits that question their constitutionality This case is significant to civil liberties civil rights because the case established that states were able to legally denied rights as seemingly given to man by the constitution It was a lawmaking process detriment to civil rights because it made it not only ok but legal to take rights away and it wouldn t be until many years later and amendments that those types of rights would be granted on a state level incorporation doctrine The incorporation doctrine is a constitutional doctrine that makes certain aspects of the constitution that formally only were reserved to the national government applicable to the states A doctrine that John Barron of the Barron v Baltimore case would have almost definitely appreciated had it been established in his time The doctrine highlights selected parts of the Bill of Rights and makes states responsible to respect the on a state level as oppose to them only applying to the government Originally the Bill of Rights as interpreted from the constitution only applied to the national government As a result if a state or local government infringed upon a right declared to an individual through the Bill of Rights that individual would not be able to take any legal action due to the victimizer not being the federal government After a series of proceeding and decision making an amendment was established to tailor to renewed interpretations of the constitution making states responsible for maintaining individual s rights Members of Congress three main goals Congress have three main goals re election public policy political influence These categories allow members of congress to fulfill their purpose of representing their party introducing legislation as well as keeping the executive branch in check In addition all of their 3 main goals are interconnected and influence one another Re election is important to a member of Congress because the longer an individual is in congress the longer they will be able to enforce public policy and have greater political influence Time