When the U.S. constitution was made it there was a long debate over the ratification of the constitution. There were two sides in the debate‚ the Federalists‚ who were supporter of the new constitution‚ and were better‚ organized than their opponents‚ and the Federalists had the support of the most respected men in America‚ George Washington‚ and Benjamin Franklin. The other side of the debate was the Antifederalists‚ who opposed ratification; although they weren’t as organized as the Federalists
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American Foreign Policy George Washington stated‚ “Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances‚ with any portion of the foreign world”( McClenaghan 481). Those words said by George Washington shaped the American foreign policy for more than a century. The main purpose of the American foreign policy is to protect the security of the United States from issues that may arise with other countries. There are three main goals the American foreign policy seek to accomplish. The first goal
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Constitution I support the ratification of the American Constitution. My support is based on the need to establish strong institutions with the ability to unite the people of America‚ establish a stronger federal government‚ and enable the country to manage the tension and debt arising from the just concluded revolution (Adams 89). The constitution is the leading unifying factor of any democratic nation. I am opposed to the idea of the Anti-federalists that a strong federal constitution would promote
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The British government had a plethora of problems that most people complained about. When the Americans saw these problems they decided to go off and start their own government. This government came along with a Constitution‚ a Bill of Rights‚ and Declaration of Independence. These three things helped the people have‚ basically a mind of their own‚ the government was not controlling them. In 1765 Parliament passed the Quartering Act that said the colonists needed to find or pay for lodging for British
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loose-leaf. Historical Context: Today‚ over 200 years after it was written ad ratified (approved)‚ most Americans think of the US Constitution as something almost sacred. We assume that this great document has always been honored and looked up to. This is NOT true. When it was written in 1787 and submitted to the states for ratification‚ it set off months of fierce and often bitter debate. There were‚ of course‚ many who welcomed it as a stronger and more effective national government which could
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How are my values shaped? Within the family‚ there are three key processes by which children learn character and morality: forming emotional attachments‚ being taught prosocial behavior‚ and learning respect for authority and compliance with rules. All teaching of right and wrong begins with attachment--the warm‚ emotional tie that children have with their parents. Children learn from and are influenced most by those persons who are most meaningful to them‚ and the most meaningful adults are those
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How The Nile Shaped Egypt Hannah Cogar How did the Nile shape Egypt? The Nile was practically the backbone of all of Egypt’s culture. Egypt depended on the Nile for thousands of years. They depended on it for many things‚ including farming‚ trade‚ protection‚ and it helped for them to invent many things that helped with today’s modern technology. How did they use the Nile for these things? As seen in Document B‚ the Nile had a yearly flood cycle that fertilized the land surrounding it. This
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government even today. Realistically how much do things like Manifest Destiny or the Monroe doctrine affect the United States in this day and age? Almost second to none‚ however‚ the constitution oppositely still affects the country very much. All of the country still has to obey the laws in the constitution whereas the Monroe doctrine would practically obsolete. The constitution has shaped the government for the past 200 years whereas other events like Manifest
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Constitution of the United States was written in 1787 at the Philadelphia convention‚ the next step was ratification. Ratification is the formal process‚ outlined in Article VII‚ which required that nine of the thirteen states agree to adopt the Constitution before it could go into effect. Regarding ratification‚ people could be found in two distinct groups – federalists (those that supported the ratification) and anti-federalists. The anti-federalists were the group that stood in the way of ratifying the
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Ratification of the Constitution The constitution is once created in 1787 is now still used by the country of The United States of America today. Now a great accomplishment‚ it took a little more than just one draft to be able to ratify it. The states that didn’t ratify the constitution at first definitely choice right compared to the states that agreed first. The states that didn’t ratify in the beginning chose wisely for with first ratifying there would not have been things such as. The reason
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