How does the tenth amendment benefit us today

The 10th Amendment is used every time the state or local government passes a law. It's what gives (in theory) the states broader power than the federal government.

It's also why the state can refuse to enforce federal laws and so the federal government often "encourages" certain laws/policies by threatening to withhold federal funding.

representative government

explanation:

american revolution: major events leading to declaration of independence. 1765-1766; tax introduced on legal documents to pay for defense of colonies. 1766: stamp act repealed after merchants protesting due to their goods not being bout and officials being threatened.

the exodus of these people from constantinople contributed to the revival of greek and roman studies, which led to the development of the renaissance in humanism and science. byzantine emigrants also brought to western europe the better preserved and accumulated knowledge of their own greek civilization