"Join or Die." A meeting was held in Albany in the spring of 1754 to address this issue. Colonial leaders‚ officials and representatives from seven of the British colonies attended the conference. Benjamin Franklin and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson together drafted a proposal of colonial unity to combat the war against the French. It was called the Albany Plan of Union. The plan would create new layers of government including a president-general that was appointed by the crown.
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The crisis over the Tariff of 1828 continued into the 1830s and highlighted one of the currents of democracy in the Age of Jackson: namely‚ that many southerners believed a democratic majority could be harmful to their interests. These southerners saw themselves as an embattled minority and claimed the right of states to nullify federal laws that appeared to threaten state sovereignty. The relationship between the north and south was tenuous when Andrew Jackson came to office in 1828. Ever since
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. The nullification controversy of 1832 was a major milestone in the national debate over federal versus state authority. Coming at a time when agitation over slavery and other issues that tended to divide the country along sectional lines was growing‚ the nullification controversy brought the states’ rights debate into sharp focus. The root of the problem of protective tariffs is that they are almost by definition designed to assist certain segments of the economy. In the era in question‚ the
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Equality of Justice‚ and Jury Nullification September 12‚ 2010 ADJ/255 Jon Gaskins * Under what circumstances does the author believe jurors should vote according to conscience rather than law? Does the Supreme Court approve or disapprove of this practice? Why? The author believes that under the circumstances of jury nullification is when the jurors should vote according to conscience rather than the instructions given by the judge‚ the law and the facts of the case. The author believes
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Race-based Jury Nullification Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Race-based Jury Nullification Racial differences within the court system of the United States can create various interpretations of laws and the impartiality of such laws. Minorities within this country may believe that the criminal justice system has prejudices and may dismiss the legality of certain laws. Jury nullification is a process in which members of the jury exonerate a person of a guilty verdict although the
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North Korea acting carelessly towards the world is a crisis because it brings problems to the United States. Kim Jong Un (Korean Dictator) has ignored the suggestions of the states and many other countries on testing missiles and weapons of mass destruction. With Korea not co-operating with us it poses as a threat. I believe that North Korea not listening to us is a crisis because it brings fear to the people‚ makes the united states look weak‚ and will end in war if something is not done about it
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that it is firstly important to understand why Austria was hostile to the whole idea of Italian unification in this period. After the crippling French Wars of the early 19th century all the powers agreed that such bloodshed must never be allow to happen again. Therefore at the 1815 Congress of Vienna it was decided that Austria would have control over the turbulent Italian states of Lombardi and Venetia in order to ensure that the aforementioned areas did not attempt to rise up‚ and in doing so‚
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Syrian Refugee Crisis The road for Syrian refugees is very daunting‚ more importantly‚ the road behind them‚ tells a story as the road in front of them. In other words‚ the life they left‚ was as complicated as the life they are living now abroad. The home the refugees left was in utter disarray‚ amidst protests‚ fighting‚ bombings‚ shootings‚ and even sporadic region wide control under Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Even after leaving‚ they confront new and arduous tasks‚ whether they
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Who was Mazzini and why was he important for Italian unification (How strong were ideas about Risorgimento in Italy by 1848?) Originally‚ The Risorgimento was inspired by French Rule: - Secret society - Particularly active in S. Italy - Naples= 60‚000 members - Elaborate rituals + unquestioning obedience to leaders - Mild aims (constitutional monarchy) - Mazzini felt their aims were aimless‚ no political opinion‚ no plan/idealism for future of Italy Giuseppe Mazzini 1805-72
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Since the 1900’s‚ the Japanese had been a rapidly growing nation. By the 1920’s‚ Japan was a major power. It had a strong army and navy‚ and had a flourishing industry that exported goods to China and the United States. It had a vast growing empire in the North Korean Peninsula and was one of the leading members of the League of Nations‚ claiming a permanent seat on the Council. Though in the 1920s‚ Japan had been badly hit by the Depression; their exports had fallen by 50% between the years of 1929
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