Confederation: plan of government adopted by the Continental Congress after the American Revolution; established “a firm league of friendship” among the States, but allowed few important powers to the central government. Bicameral: an adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers. Charter: a city’s basic law, its constitution; a written grant of authority from the king. Committee of Five: drafted and presented to the Congress what became known as America's Declaration of Independence
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Political Science 101 Chapter 2 Notes The Road to Independence * Why was America so well suited to be the first nation to break with monarchy and embrace republicanism? * Geography * Distance limited Britain’s capacity to govern the colonies * Americans enjoyed home rule * The British had ceded to Americans responsibility for managing their own domestic affairs, including taxation * For more than a century colonists elected their own leaders
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LIFE The political push to increase cooperation among the then-loyal colonies began with the Albany Congress in 1754 and Benjamin Franklin's proposed intercolonial collaboration to help solve mutual local problems themselves; the Articles of Confederation would bear some resemblance to it. Over the next two decades, some of the basic concepts it addressed would strengthen and others would weaken, particularly the degree of deserved loyalty to the crown. With civil disobedience resulting in coercive
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Once the signing took place in 1781, a President was needed to run the Country. John Hanson was chosen unanimously by congress. (Because of his ethnicity he is one of those great men that’s lost in History).In fact, all the other potential candidates refused to run against him, as he was am major player in the revolution and an extremely influential number of congress, No one had ever been President and the role was beyond the norms and poorly defined. His action residing in office would
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Memorandum and article of association The most important document in the constitution of a company is the Memorandum of Association of the company. The Articles of Association is the second most important document that needs to be registered by any company for its incorporation, registration and subsequent operation. It is a public document laying down the rules for the internal management of the company and it does not have the force of ‘law’. To set up as a limited company, they need to have
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skill of George Washington led to Patriot success. Center of Gravity The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature (Clausewitz, 88). He says this is the first of all strategic questions and the most comprehensive. Strategically, the British
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P. 175-182 The United States in Congress Assembled * The Articles of Confederation was the first written government of the US It created a weak government with almost no power o The Articles of Confederation Nov 1777, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Articles of Confederation The Articles set up a national assembly/Congress in which each state had one vote/one representative who was determined by the state legislatures and that representative could serve
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University of Phoenix Material Causes and Outcomes of the Revolution Part 1: Causes Complete the grid by describing each pre-war event and explaining how it contributed to the Revolutionary War. |Pre-war event |Description |Contribution to the Revolutionary War | |French and Indian War|The seven years wars from 1756 to 1763.
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1. MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION It is a document that regulates a company's external activities and must be drawn up on the formation of a registered or incorporated company. As the company's charter it (together with the company's articles of association) forms the company's constitution. The memorandum of association gives the outside world a reflection of how the company is constituted .This document can be summarised covering the following key areas of a company: 1. company's name, 2. Its
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10 ID’s Olaudah Equiano 1. Olaudah Equiano told the story of his enslavement and was born in Nigeria. 2. Olaudah Equiano was shipped to Virginia where no one was able to understand him. 3. Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped when he was eleven years old and sold. 4. Olaudah Equiano had never heard of white men, Europeans, or the sea. Benjamin Franklin 1. Benjamin Franklin published Poor Richard’s Almanack. 2. Benjamin Franklin began as an aspiring tradesman. 3. Benjamin
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