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- 221: Fundamental Orders Of Connecti
- ... Among three major towns, Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield, Connecticut formed what is today known as a federalist government. Within Connecticut’s federalism, the ideas of many modern governing techniques were applied, such as a written constitution and popular sovereignty. Because of this, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was a blueprint for the modern day Constitution because it contained a central government linked to local governments, three separate branches of government, and a representative government unlike the one of Britain. The modern day federalism that is applied today is structured like ... same in present day, but how they are elected and appointed to their position is the only difference. The idea and structure of the representative government is the most evident similarity between the U.S. Constitution and the Fundamental Orders. Unlike that of the British method of virtual representation, the Fundamental Orders established a system of representation which had a representative for each town. The idea of democracy in the ...
- 222: Benjamin Franklin Was A Man of Many Accomplishments
- ... write the draft. Franklin made some suggestions and small changes to the draft. On July 4, the Declaration of Independence was now adopted and printed (Meltzer 228). The delegates reached a final draft of the Constitution in September. Franklin gave a speech on September 17, the day that the constitution was to be signed. He said in his speech that all 13 colonies had to agree on the Constitution. On March 4, 1789 the constitution became the, “fundamental law of the nation” (Meltzer 226-270). At 11:00 P.M. on the 17 of April, 1790, Benjamin Franklin died. He lived to exactly ...
- 223: Search & Seizure In The Context Of Automobiles
- Search & Seizure In The Context Of Automobiles The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the unreasonable search and seizure of the individual or his property unless probable cause for the search is demonstrated. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses and effects against ... not be violated and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized." U.S. Constitution Amendment, IV. The New Jersey Constitution has a similar provision granting security to the citizens in their papers, houses, and effects. N.J. Constitution, Article 1, Section 7. The United States Supreme Court has held that searches and seizures made ...
- 224: Crittenden Compromise
- ... Carolina was perhaps the most aggressive in their efforts for secession. They held strong beliefs that the North was deliberately trying to hurt Southern business and at the same time violating the laws of the Constitution. South Carolinians felt a number of states including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Illinois (among others) were enacting laws that either negated acts of Congress or rendered attempts at executing them useless. The ... to another, or to a territory, in which slaves are permitted." This amendment was especially beneficial to the South because there had long been a debate over whether slaves were personal property or not. The Constitution guarantees a citizen the right to transport personal property as he or she wishes. This article suggested that a slave was in fact personal property and thus guaranteed owners of their right to transport them ... from doing so by violence or force." The final proposed amendment, Article Six, was intended to seal off any future attempts at voiding any of the previous amendments. It stated: "No further amendment of the Constitution shall affect the preceding articles...and no amendment will be made...which shall authorize or give to Congress any power to interfere with slavery," in any state in which it was already permitted. This ...
- 225: Indira Gandhfemalei
- ... with speeches that reflected her socialist convictions(Sahgal 113) . When Indira's father died of a stroke on May 28, 1964, Indira was never seriously considered as India's next prime minister. According to Indian constitution, the prime minister is to be elected by the majority party. In the last years of her father’s rule, state chief ministers, as well as party bosses, were becoming increasingly powerful within the Congress ... answered. On June 26, 1975, through a presidential proclamation, Indira declared a state of emergency in India. For the first time since independence, she imposed total press censorship and suspended civil liberties guaranteed by the constitution-including freedom of expression and association and the right to appeal to the courts against falsely arrest. "In India democracy has give too much license to the people," she said. "Sometimes bitter medicine has to ... she said, it was her "duty to serve the people." Indira realized, however, that she could not remain in office under the present circumstances, and so she turned to the "emergency" measures provided in the Constitution of India. The constitution allows these "emergency" measures under a severe threat to the country, such as war. Claiming now that the opposition had sabotaged democracy, and that India was threatened with anarchy, Mrs. ...
- 226: Religion in Public Schools
- Religion in Public Schools Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof......Ó according to the First Amendment of the Constitution. This idea of freedom of religion has been stated very clearly, but it also raises questions about the meaning of religious freedom . Should religious expression be excluded from all government activities? Has separation of church ... 1984 Congress enacted the Equal Access Act which means that religious groups as well as non-religious groups can have access to school premises during noninstructional time. The idea to add an amendment to the Constitution has brought a lot of attention to the issue of religion in school. The people in favor of the amendment probably don't like the way the Supreme Court ruled when it said in "Wallace v. Jaffree" that it was unconstitutional to provide for a minute of silence because it endorsed State prayer activities. There are two views about this controversy. Those who are for an amendment in the Constitution to allow prayer in schools believe that the majority of Americans want prayers in school. A Readers Digest from 1993 showed that in a poll, 75% of the United States strongly favored prayer in ...
- 227: American Exceptionalism
- ... individualism may be traced back to the country's origins as the "first new nation" (besides Iceland) to gain newfound independence. These "revolutionary origins" based upon the principles declared in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, which caused certain upheaval centuries ago, no longer excite Americans today. In fact, Alexis de Tocqueville a French aristocrat credited with having begun the cycle of American exceptionalism literature, once phrased: "The Constitution of the United States is like one of those beautiful creations of human diligence which give their inventors glory and riches but remains sterile in other hands." Here de Tocqueville conveys a certain overtone of American exceptionalism, specifically regarding the Constitution. The entirety of his masterpiece, Democracy in America epitomizes the very essence of American patriotism during and directly after the revolutionary way, when spirits, were high, enticed by a rampant desire to create a ...
- 228: Civil War: Northern Attitudes
- ... Lincoln proposed that Delaware’s slaves be freed and the owners compensated. That proposal failed, partly because of party politics on the part of the Delaware Democrats, and in 1865 the 13th Amendment to the Constitution freed the slaves with no compensation. The Democrats controlled the legislature throughout the war and repeatedly railed at the Republicans as the party that had started the war and was going to make blacks equal ... voted for Lincoln, and the Republicans also gained control of the state legislature. On February 1, 1865, near the end of the war, Illinois became the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which abolished slavery. Indiana The French and the early American settlers from the South had brought black slaves into Indiana, but the number of slaves in the state never exceeded 250. Slavery was prohibited under the terms of both the Northwest Ordinance and the first state constitution of 1816. Although most Indianans known as Hoosiers were of Southern stock in 1860, they were from the upland South, where slaves were few, and opposed the extension of slavery to the territories. Most ...
- 229: Civil War-sectionalism
- ... but once the issue became inescapable, they focused their attention on stopping the spread of slavery, not that of the country. Whether or not to allow slavery in new territories was not mentioned in the Constitution, so the issue was unfortunately up for debate. It was these debates that led to the greatest catastrophe in American history. For the South, that catastrophe was the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. For ... secession. The difference in culture between the North and South had led the nation to brink of destruction, it was all inevitable, and probably necessary. The battles over slavery in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and Expansionism were all leading up to the eventual conflict. But without the cession of slavery, the South would never have joined in the quest for independence, and our great nation would not exist. In ... but once the issue became inescapable, they focused their attention on stopping the spread of slavery, not that of the country. Whether or not to allow slavery in new territories was not mentioned in the Constitution, so the issue was unfortunately up for debate. It was these debates that led to the greatest catastrophe in American history. For the South, that catastrophe was the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. ...
- 230: Impact of the Spanish American War
- ... organized elementary schools. Through improvement of sanitation and medical research, the military government eliminated yellow fever, a disease that had killed hundreds of Cubans each year. In 1900 the newly formed Cuban government wrote a constitution, one that did specify the relationship between Cuba and the United States. Consequently, in 1901, the United States insisted that Cuba add to its constitution several provisions, known as the Platt Amendment, stating that (1) Cuba could not make treaties that might limit its independence or permit a foreign power to control any part of its territory; (2) The Untied ... Wood to protest the provisions. Some protesters even called for a return to arms to defined their national honor against this American insult. The US government stood firm, though, and Cubans reluctantly ratified the new constitution. Two later, the Platt Amendment became became part of the permanent treaty between the two nations. Cuba became a US protectorate, a country whose affairs are partially controlled a stronger power. The most important ...
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