Introduction: Built on the Principles of Democracy and Equality Despite the fact that the powers of the Congress are relatively few, they still define the nature, the role and the significance of Congress in the structure of the U.S. government. The history of these powers, though, is quite complicated. The Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence provide the Congress with not only the power of affecting the processes of foreign trade, the taxation issue, the defense and welfare of the U.S. citizens, as well as the power of declaring war and maintaining navy, but also with the related powers, e.g., the support of the Navy, as well as a range of exclusive powers. These responsibilities allow for creating a peaceful and democratic environment for the American nation to thrive in, as well as the well-being of the state and the safety of the citizens, though some of the powers, like the regulation of trade, may be viewed as binding for certain stakeholders in the realm of global trade. Where It All Starts from: The Constitution Defining the key events in the U.S. history that predetermined the level, to which the government affects the U.S. citizens’ lives, as well as the powers vested into the Congress, the creation of the opposition to new taxes should be mentioned. Introduced into the U.S. economy under the slogan of “no taxation without representation” (Ginsberg et al. 31), the start of this movement did make a difference in the lives of present-day U.S. citizens. By creating the movement that would soon get out of hand and, therefore, convince the U.S. citizens that the Congress must execute control over the process of international and home trade, entrepreneurs have defined the power of Congress in terms of the aforementioned domains. It should be born in mind, though, that the concern for the unlimited power that the Congress has over the international trading process may hinder the development of modern SMEs and enterprises due to a comparatively high amount of restrictions imposed onto the owners of entrepreneurships. However, a shift from the traditional British values and especially the British reign over the economy and the trading process was yet to be dealt with. The economic independence and the principles of free trade, which later on would only be regulated by the American Congress and not the government of Great Britain, were the results of the event known as the Boston tea Party (Ginsberg et al. 31). The Declaration of Independence: Free to Engage in International Communication Finally, the Great Compromise must be named among the key historic events that shaped the influence of the Congress and defined the powers that were vested in it. Resulting in every state being represented equally in the Congress despite the amount of the state’s population, the U.S. government made a giant leap forward in establishing democratic principles in the system of state regulation (Ginsberg et al. 40). It was obvious that the U.S. Congress had a long way to go before it could turn into the body representing the citizens of the United States properly and complying with the key principles of democracy, including the irrefutable rights of