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    The Road to confederation

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    The British North America Colonies were having problems in their economical structure‚ railway system‚ and their government. As problems in the colonies rises‚ the only solution at the time was to form a confederation between all the colonies and joining them into one unified nation. Therefore‚ Trade‚ transportation‚ and political are three very important factors affecting British North America. Trade is one of the key factors affecting British North America. This is because there is intercolonial

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    (freedoms of speech‚ press‚ religion‚ petition‚ and assembly) is the most important constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights. This is because the first amendment serves as an enabler of the discussion of other ideas‚ including the other constitutional amendments themselves without fear of negative consequence(s) from the government; most of the amendments‚ at least in the Bill of Rights‚ have controversy surrounding them; for example‚ the Fifth Amendment allows the government to take property if

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    The English Bill of Rights precedent for other governments led the idea of unalienable rights to become a hot topic. Citizens under the French and British monarchies believed that “The promise of those rights can be denied‚ suppressed‚ or just remain unfilled‚ but it does not die (Hunt‚ 175).” Therefore‚ our rights still exist even if our government suppresses them. Those rights will always be there no matter how much the government tries to belittle them. The uprising of peoples’ belief in their

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    to 1785 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government. The main goal of the Articles was to allot as much independence as possible to the states compared to the idea of a central government for fear of conflict with Britain. Despite the many advantages of its systematic rule it did not provide enough power to the Congress in order for them to adequately control commerce‚ land expansion and regulate taxes. This was very expected since the Articles of Confederation

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    Picchierri English 151-28 30 September 2014 Freedom There are limits as to what is protected in the Bill of Rights and what is not. You need to realize when you cross that line of what is not protected. Due to the fact that students are protected by our Bill of Rights they have the freedom to wear what they want‚ say what they want‚ and put what they want on the Internet. With this in mind students have the right to wear what they want but only to a certain point. If what a student has on is offending in

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    Over time the Bill of Rights was amended to meet the needs of an evolving nation. These include the 13th Amendment which outlawed slavery‚ the 14th Amendment guaranteed equal protection for African Americans‚the 15th Amendment which gave African Americans the right to vote‚ and the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. The Civil Rights Movement was a defining moment in history because it denounced the unequal treatment of humans based on race. During the 1950’s‚ the United States operated

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    Freedom of speech is a beautiful idea. As a matter of fact‚ the first amendment itself is perhaps the greatest amendment in the Bill of Rights. As something that we take for granted most of the time‚ we never truly realize how much of a blessing it is to speak your mind and have decent conversations with each other. However‚ if you want it to rain‚ you have to deal with the mud and there are many examples of people spitting out stupid ideas or thoughts that should be kept to themselves. My father

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    U.S History Essay Ann 2. How effective was the national Congress under the Articles of Confederation? Why were the Articles replaced by the Constitution? How was the federal government different under the Constitution? After the Revolutionary War‚ originators of the Articles of Confederation had checked that the federal government could never do rob power from the each individual state. The outcome was that the national Congress was very weak and even politically weak which make them not to keep

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    "From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government." "Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: foreign relations‚ economic conditions‚ and Western lands." From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation provided an ineffective form of government. The Articles of Confederation was one of the first official documents establishing the government of the United States

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    the 13 colonies met all together to discuss the Articles of Confederation’s weaknesses and to make a new Constitution. They disputed‚ debated‚ and talked about it for 4 months until they created the U.S. Constitution. In my essay‚ I will discuss some weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and I will also discuss how they resolved it. I will also discuss some weaknesses that remained in the Constitution when it was passed. One of the Articles of Confederation’s weaknesses was that each state

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