To the people of the United States: Over the past countless number of years there has been plenty of debate on whether the Constitution shall become ratified or rejected. I would now like to finally invite each individual to come together as a whole to officially ratify the new Constitution of the United States of America. Once ratifying the Constitution, there will be more visibility of the ambition, unity, and liberty offered. The idea of having the Constitution will add ambition to connect
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World History Shay’s Rebellion Darius Aaron 10/30/2015 After the revolutionary war there was a great debt left on Americans hands. So how were we going to pay for this enormous debt? Well the confederation decided to tax there on people ridiculously high rates with no representation. Many saw this unfair and raised their voice to the masses. Without an impost amendment with public land sales protected but not yet realize, the confederation again requisitioned the states
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In October 1787, one of the founding fathers of America, John Jay published the paper federalist number 2 for the people of New York. The paper was concerned about how to protect the United States from dangerous foreign influence. Jay discussed the federalist number 2 about the importance of a strong Union of America and he opposes the idea of those politicians rejected the continuing firmly united America. He believes the people must decide for the fate of their natural rights. According to Jay’s
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2. There were four main obstacles that existed in the seventeenth century to building a strong state. Without telephones, paved roads, or other modern technology, it took weeks to convey orders from the central governments to the provinces. Rulers also suffered from a lack of information about their realms, making it virtually impossible to police and tax the population effectively. Local power structures that held legal privileges, such as nobles, the church, provincial and other national assemblies
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The Republic of Gilead’s fundamentalist dictatorship replaced what used to be the United States of America. The Republic of Gilead has a unique social and political structure which was designed to be male dominated and oppress the rights of women. The citizens of Gilead are required to dress according to their sex, occupation, and caste. This was a step taken to impose control over the castes. The sophisticated sociopolitical structure of Gilead was created and designed by a group of men that called
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In the case Marbury v. Madison, it was the first time that the Supreme Court made the decision to declare a law as unconstitutional. However because of this case, the foundation for judicial review was formed, which grants the judicial branch the ability to declare a law unconstitutional. Through this the executive, legislative, and judicial branches all have the power to keep each other in check. Judicial review is the power of SCOTUS to be able to review laws and actions from both legislative and
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Articles of Confederation. Describe what they were and how they came about and what they were designed to address in the new American government. Why did they require replacement? Was the process of their replacement controversial? Was it necessary that the Articles were replace? The Articles of Confederation served as the first constitution of the US, it written on November 15, 1777 and formally ratified in 1781. The articles created a platform for a new government without an association
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The Articles of Confederation was served as the United States first constitution that was made onNovember 15th 1777. The Articles of Confederation made it so that states had more control or power. Therefore, the central government was weak. Many people started having a fit about the power of the states and almost created a second revolution. Later on in 1787 the states and the people haddiscovered that there was a need for a stronger Federal Government which had led to the Constitutional Convention
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America was founded on independence from tyranny and arbitrary laws that our governors had imposed on us. The Founding Fathers saw America as an exceptional nation, evidenced by the way it had broken away from Great Britain. What made the American Revolution revolutionary was not the fact that power changed hands, but that it created an entire new nation and how it led to the adoption of democracy, a framework that was unprecedented for the time. We separated ourselves from European nations by creating
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To what extent was the government laid out in the American Constitution of 1787 unique? The government laid out in the constitution was both unique and not unique for its time. The constitution was not unique in that the majority of the ideas in the constitution were not original and came from other sources. The constitution was unique in that it was the first time that all the ideas used in the constitution were put together for a government. The constitution was unique in that it was the first
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