and ratified by 1791 3. Pay for the President and Congress 4. unilateral removal of individuals – the cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the President 5. Establish a Cabinet 1st sec of state – Thomas Jefferson 1st sec of Treasury – Alexander Hamilton 5. Creation of the Judiciary - Judiciary Act of 1789 – 1. deemed that a trial court should be established in every state – called district courts – 13 2. appeals levels courts – circuit courts 3. establish the number of Supremes
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the behind scenes look during the revolutionary period as he comes across the explanation of how America successfully achieved their independence from Great Britain, declaration of Independence, and established the United States Constitution. Ellis takes the reader back into American history to view how these founding fathers (Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison) contributed to the American Revolution.Alexander Hamilton
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11 Lessons on Change Management: Azim Premji It’s not the strongest nor most intelligent of the species that survive; it is the one most adaptable to CHANGE” – Charles Darwin 11 Lessons on Change Management: Azim Premji download :www.gowrikumar.com/insp/pdfs/Azim_Premji_on_Change1.pdf “While change and uncertainty have always been a part of life, what has been shocking over the last year has been both the quantum and suddenness of change. For many people who were cruising along on placid
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Rebellion in Kentucky While it may not have been considered an overt, bellicose rebellion like that of the western Pennsylvanian counties, whiskey rebels in Kentucky were able to successfully avoid paying the excise tax for eight years. Considered a Virginian district before achieving statehood in 1792, the Kentucky was the ultimate frontier for the infant American nation. In Kentucky, according to historian Mary Bonsteel Tachau, “Whiskey was used in place of money because specie and bank notes
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Thomas Fleming's Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America, is a story about how politics can turn the most intelligent men into beings they may not actually be. Throughout the story it becomes clear that the author, Thomas Fleming is blatantly biased. It becomes obvious that Fleming not only nurtures a hatred for Alexander Hamilton but the late president Thomas Jefferson. While one could argue that facts are facts the evidence shows that this champion of this so called argument
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chosen by Washington as the head of Department of State. Jefferson was a Virginian and diplomat, known for his views on small national government and representing the small planters and western farmers of America. George Washington then chose Alexander Hamilton as his secretary of the Treasury. Born and raised in the Caribbean, he worked for Washington as his aid during the revolutionary war and was a lawyer. Hamilton was known for his views on a strong national government. He favored merchants
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James Madison was born on March on March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia, to his parents, James Madison Sr. and Nellie Conway Madison. As a child, Madison often got sick and hardly ever left his mother’s side. Nellie Conway’s father was a rich tobacco worker, and that’s how James Madison Sr. obtained his wealth. Some of Madison’s most vivid memories were his fears of being attacked by Indians, during the French and Indian war (1754-1763) and he remembered the day when his family and he moved to
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Aleksandr Pushkin "When Your So Young and Fairy Years…" 1829 When you’re so young and fairy years Are smeared by the gossip’s noise, And by the high word’s trial, fierce, Your public honor’s fully lost; Alone midst indifferent crowds, I share with you your soul’s pains, And just for you my prayers, loud, Are send to idols, void of sense.
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debates which would alter the entire fate of the nation, for good or for bad. On one side were the Republicans, which felt that a nation based on strict Constitutional law and favoring the majority would lead us out of our troubles. On the other, Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists, who felt an elite community of the educated and powerful would best the best for our country. Yet, despite various good points from both sides, the only truly reasonable answer
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The book I choose to read was Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation By Joseph J. Ellis. The first thing that captured me was that the Writer reminds those reading to not read the book with the expectations of British Empire would losing to the colonies over time, Ellis points out that the American Revolution and the creation of an independent state were not inevitable at all but looked upon as highly unlikely. Which is very important to remember throughout the entire book because it does
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