...The Intolerable Acts were passed at the same time as the Quebec Act, however, a law that gave Quebec a new stretch of land that had previously been colonial backwoods. The Quebec Act alarmed colonials, who saw their rights to land as being threatened without a thought to their needs, not to mention depriving land speculators of business. With these laws and the plight of Boston in mind, colonial leaders called the First Continental Congress in 1774. In and of itself, the Congress was not a legislative body, but it drew up a Declaration of Rights, setting a precedent for the Constitution. Even closer to a written Constitution was The Association, a document that called for a complete boycott of British goods. However, despite these achievements, the Americans were still not...
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...My fellow colonists, we are gathered here this morning to discuss the association with our homeland, Great Britain. We shall not engage in a lawless civil war against them. The spark has been ignited, and the flames have spread across our minds and those of all colonists, poisoning our thoughts, and causing us to taste the perilous idea of independence. In the significant pile of rubble that will be the oblivion of battle, our fathers, sons, brothers, and friends will be lost as specks of powerless dust. As Joseph Galloway said in his speech to the Continental Congress in 1774, "...you wish to avoid a war with Great Britain, which must terminate, at all events in the ruin of America." My fellow colonists, we shall not join in this war because it will end us, while our motherland waits with her arms open, ready to embrace us in her love and welcome us...
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...For example, the loyalist they are a group of people that stayed loyal to Britain through the revolutionary war. All wood talks about how they were treated by the patriots and how many there were in the Americas. “The “Tories” came from all ranks and occupations of the society, a large proportion of them belonged to the upper political and social levels. As many as, 60,000-80,000 were said to leave America and fled to Canada during the revolution,” (The American Revolution p.113) states Wood. Giving little explanation on who this group people really were, other than a summary of who they were to Britain and how the Patriots hated them and the south felt protected by them. As for the women, the author briefly states that, “Women began asserting that rights belonged not just to men, and that if women had rights, they could no longer be thought of as inferior to men,” (The American Revolution p.126). Again, Wood does not elaborate on the women’s equality to men during the revolutionary war or give the women any true credit to the part that they played in the war. Another group affected by the Revolutionary war, are the Native Americans, they have decided to form their alliance with the British and when they are told that the British signed over their fate to the United States. “By the 1780s many western Americans...
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...University of Phoenix Material Influences on the Constitution Table Write one or two paragraphs in each section. Include citations for your sources. Documents | Summary | What was its influence on the Constitution? | Magna Carta | Issued by King John of England in 1215 when Englishmen went to the colonies they were given charters that guaranteed them and their heirs would “have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects.” The document clearly stated that no free man could be prosecuted by any means other than the law of the land. ReferenceAll About History (unkn) The Magna Carta. Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/ on June 6, 2011. | This was used as a template 575 years later in the Bill of Rights toward the fifth amendment. The fifth amendment guarantees “No person shall… be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” | Mayflower Compact | Drawn up by the 41 adult males from the Mayflower, the new settlers from Plymouth created a contract with fair and equal laws, for the “general good”. The Mayflower settlers knew from previous attempts without some type of government they would fail. It allowed them to practice Protestant instead of the Church of England and other liberties without command. ReferenceFeatured Documents (unkn) The Mayflower Compact. Retrieved from http://www.allabouthistory.org/mayflower-compact.htm on June 6, 2011. | The Constitution was created on...
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...Influences on the Constitution Marlene Monarrez HIS/301 December 3, 2012 Instructor: Andrew Van Ness Influences on the Constitution Table |Documents |Summary |What was its influence on the Constitution? | |Magna Carta | Issued by King John of England in 1215 when Englishmen went to the colonies they were | The Magna Carta gave Englishmen certain human rights, | | |given charters that guaranteed them and their heirs would “have and enjoy all liberties and |freedom of religion, reform of justice system and regulated | | |immunities of free and natural subjects.” The document clearly stated that no free man could|officials. The Magna Carta limited the king’s power and created | | |be prosecuted by any means other than the law of the land. |what we know today as parliament. | | |The Magna Carta had been the very first document which proclaimed personal liberties. The | | | |Magna Carta was forced upon an English Emperor by a team of barons. This had been the first |This was used as...
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...Three Individuals Who Had a Significant Impact on U.S. History When tasked with the sizable challenge of only picking three individuals to write about who had a significant impact on U.S. history the selection of those individuals is no small task. Given the amazing roots from which this country came through many of the different trials, tribulations, and successes in the early days there are countless well known individuals who played major roles in enabling and shaping that growth. To narrow down such a broad search to only a select three proves to be more difficult than one may think. However, even given the difficulty of this task I have in the end chosen three men, that without, this country may very well have shaped up much differently than the country that we have come to know to this day. The three men of my choice are John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. The reason for my decision on these three individuals is because they all played crucial roles in the formation of our great country and without their key insight and the driving force that they brought it could have turned out much differently. Each holds a very important place during this time in history which will be more fully understood and unveiled in the coming pages. To better understand these roles, and these men as a whole I believe it best to look at each individually to see what brought them to be such important figures in history and how it was that their fates intertwined. John...
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...Due to the American Revolution Jefferson was forced to abandon his practice which later made him turn his legal skills to the rebel cause. Jefferson's public career began in 1769, when he served as a representative in the Virginia House of Burgesses, the nation's first elected body of government. About this time, he began building Monticello. Jefferson was an effective spokesmen during the American Revolution. His political thought would later become the centerpiece of liberalism. Jefferson’s most important contribution to the revolutionary debate “A Summary View of the Rights of British America”. His argument was that Americans had possessed the same natural rights to govern themselves as their ancestors had exercised when they moved to England and Germany. In challenging the British Empire, Americans like Jefferson came to recognize their claims to an independent...
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...University of Phoenix Material Influences on the Constitution Table Write one or two paragraphs in each section. Include citations for your sources. Documents | Summary | What was its influence on the Constitution? | Magna Carta | Charter drawn up in the attempts to stave off civil war against King John in 1215. The Magna Carta gave Englishmen certain human rights, freedom of religion, reform of justice system and regulated officials. The Magna Carta limited the king’s power and created what we know today as parliament. | Freedom of Religion, a maintained justice system allowing men a fair trial, freedom from oppression and unlawful persecution, that not one man should lead a nation solely, but a group of officials, and checks and balances. | Mayflower Compact | Men aboard the Mayflower bound for Northern Virginia in 1620 decided to land in what we know as Massachusetts. They signed the Mayflower Compact to enable that crew of men the right to self govern and have equal rights. | First constitution signed in The New World, organizing a local government of an elected governor and officials to regulate laws, and taxes. Basis for self government. | Articles of Confederation | With growing popularity in the ideas of independence from England, the colonies needed a way to unite them but not take away individual state/colony rights. Written in 1777 but not approved by all states until 1781. | Gave the idea of a central government while keeping most power within each...
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...into an adult he would study law in his home of Virginia at the William and Mary College at Williamsburg (Bottorff, 15). During this time he would become a member of the Whig party and would advocate for the rights and liberties of mankind (Peterson, 1). It was in his childhood and as turned into an adult which he learned how to write and how to express his political views through words. “For Thomas Jefferson, the pen truly was mightier than the sword. From his pen flowed some of the worlds most famous and influential words.” (Wilmore, 1) Truer words could not have been spoken about Jefferson’s because it was through his words which advanced his causes for the liberty of mankind in an age when man’s freedoms were repressed by others. A Summary view of the rights of...
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...Jefferson was born at Shadwell, in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia. His father was a self-made man and an early settler of the Virginia wilderness, and his mother was a member of a prominent Colonial family, the Randolphs. Jefferson attended private schools and the College of William and Mary, where he studied law, science, literature, and philosophy. He was admitted to the bar in 1767 and practiced law for two years. In 1769 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. During that same year he designed and began building Monticello, his famous family home, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. While a member of the House of Burgesses, Jefferson penned A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774), the philosophical antecedent to the Declaration of Independence. A year later he joined the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and in June, 1776, he wrote the original draft of the Declaration. From 1776 to 1779, Jefferson served in the Virginia House...
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...be one of the best lawyers in America. There were no law schools at this time, so aspiring lawyers “read law” under the supervision of established lawyer. Jefferson then practiced law from 1767-1774 in Virginia with great success. During this time period he met and fell in love with Martha Wayles Skelton, a recent widow and the wealthiest women in Virginia. They had six kids together but only two survived adulthood. Thomas Jefferson was one of the earliest supporters of the American Revolution. He was elected into the House of Burgesses in 1768 led by George Washington and Patrick Henry. In 1774 he wrote his first political work, “A Summary View of the Rights of British America”, which is the reason for his reputation as an advocate for revolution. A year later, Jefferson attended the Second Continental Congress, which established the Continental Army. ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Influences on the Constitution Table Write one or two paragraphs in each section. Include citations for your sources. |Documents |Summary |What was its influence on the Constitution? | |Magna Carta |The Magna Carta was signed between the Barons of Medieval England and King John. The |The Magna Carta established the right of due process and provided a basis of higher law that could not | | |Great Charter was signed at Runnymeade near the Windsor Castle and was an attempt by |be altered by executive mandate or legislative acts ("Magna Carta: Cornerstone Of The U.s. | | |the Barons to prohibit the King from abusing his power over the people ("Magna |Constitution", n.d.). | | |Carta", 2000-2012).. | | | |The Magna Carta consists of 63 clauses, many of the clauses address the English legal |Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution. (n.d.). Retrieved from | | |system. It states that every man shall...
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...Influences on the Constitution Table No Name HIS 301 August 1, 2013 Professor Documents that became part of the US Constitution Magna Carta A document originally written by barons in 1215 and called the Articles of the Barons, is later modified and a formal version of the document was written and became known as Magna Carta. According to "Magna Carta" (n.d.), “In the 17th century, however, two defining acts of English legislation–the Petition of Right (1628) and the Habeas Corpus Act (1679)–referred to Clause 39, which states that "no free man shall be… imprisoned or disseised [dispossessed]… except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." Clause 40 ("To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay right or justice")” (The Document and Its Legacy). This document would have big implications for the future of the American legal system. A specific part of this document was influenced in part of an amendment and written into the Constitution of what is known to become the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution. The document became the basis of a higher law that could not be altered, even by legislative acts. It embraced the leaders of the American Revolution and parts of it are embedded in the US Constitution and enforced by the Supreme Court. The part of which we referring to say, “Nor shall any person be deprived...
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...University of Phoenix Material Influences on the Constitution Table Complete each section below. Include citations for your sources. |Documents |Summary |What was its influence on the Constitution? | |Magna Carta |Written in 1215, the document was a series of written promises |The magna carta served as the first piece of legislature attempting to keep the | | |that the King would rule England and deal with the people |rights for the people fair. The Americans saw it and read about it and decided it | | |fairly according to feudal law. It was an attempt by the barons|was time America had “higher law” ideas and design a document to give the people | | |to stop the king from becoming an oppressor more than a ruler. |rights and to protect them from oppression, such as the people during the time of | | | |the magna carta were suffering. | |Mayflower Compact |The mayflower compact served as the document needed to keep the|Much like the magna carta, the mayflower compact was put into...
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...Continental Airlines and United Airlines Merger Tony McDougal December 2, 2012 Professor Bates Abstract This paper explains the challenges faced by two major U.S. airlines, United and Continental airlines in an attempt to merge, and form the world's largest airline based in the United States. This consideration is based in relation to the movement of passengers via air traffic. The airline merge occurred in order for each airline to survive and be competitive within the airline industry. The paper explains briefly the reason for this merger, the strategy it used and went through to accomplish the merger. It also explains some pros and cons the merger and management faced. It explains the vision of the newly created company in reference to where they want to be in the future and the profit of revenue they foresee to earn with this merger. This paper outlines the structural change the new United Airlines came up with after the merger took place and how both United and Continental Airlines management, employees, and customers adapted to the merge. Continental Airlines and United Airlines Merger The merger of United and Continental airlines that was under way in 2008 formed the third’s world largest airline. This merge occurred during the decrease of air travel from heightened security measures against terrorism and high fuel costs. During this time, the United States government also tried to help by giving the airline industry monetary...
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