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- 971: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
- ... of the casualties were unarmed women and children. Another negative thing is that this battle was over a religion. The right to practice a religion is a fundamental right given to all people by the constitution of the Untied Sates.
- 972: Breakup Of The Soviet Union An
- ... totally free, but this obviously did not happen. In 1990, Gorbachev again had an opportunity to allow perestroika to be seen as a glorious theory that will save the nation when Article Six of the Constitution giving the Communist Party a monopoly had been abolished and a presidential system was to be established (Nadler). Nevertheless, he chose to be elected by the Congress instead of by the people; this was his ...
- 973: Before 1640, Parliament Was No
- ... investigation, but the Queen stepped in and ordered it herself, reminding her dutiful and loving subjects "that they must not entrench her prerogatives". This again left another precedent in which parliament could directly form a constitution or redress a grievances by investigating it themselves. James inherited a Parliament with a new ideal and the means to follow this. Parliament gained new precedents from Elizabeth's reign which they would use against ...
- 974: Bangladesh
- ... library is part of the University of Dhaka, and the Bangladesh National Museum, also in Dhaka, is noted for its art and archaeology collections. A secular parliamentary form of democracy was established by the 1972 constitution, but it was suspended in late 1974 and replaced in January 1975 by a presidential form of government. In February 1991 a parliament of 300 members was elected. 30 additional seats were subsequently filled by ...
- 975: Assassination Of Martin Luther
- ... economic importance. 8 Delaware Since that historical event of December 7th 1787, Delaware earned its nickname the first state of the Union and also with the help of the state's speedy ratification of the constitution. Another nickname for Delaware is the Blue Hen State for the pet gamecocks carried as mascots by a Delaware regiment during the American Revolution. 9 Florida Florida's official nickname is the Sunshine State, for ...
- 976: Ap Us History How Effective Th
- Before the Constitution, there was the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation was a new national government that reserved freedom, sovereignty, and independence for the states. The Articles of confederation provided an effective form of government for ...
- 977: A Very American Revolution
- ... can be called a mix-and-match of many governments through time, including Greek, Roman, and English. Americans introduced the ideas of checks and balances tailored to fit a growing nation, and formed a written constitution that spelled out the power, and the limitations of the ruling government. Indeed, the American Revolution was not only unique, but extraordinary. It was a fight for freedom, a war fought in order that people ...
- 978: African Americans In The Civil
- ... Pressure from blacks eager to fight, from abolitionists and from a few Army officers who needed men, as well as changing circumstances, eventually altered Lincoln s policy. Along the way, convoluted legal questions involving the Constitution and slaves as property had to be got around (Fincher). President Lincoln was being bombarded with pressure to let free African Americans fight in the war. At the same time, pressure to abolish slavery was ...
- 979: Austrailian Aborigines
- ... idea of terra nullius" (= land that doesn't belong to anyone). As they see "not one inch of cultivated ground" they occupy the land in the name of this concept. 1967 An addition to the constitution transforms the right to pass laws concerning the Aborigines from the individual states to the Federal government. The Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders get the Australian citizenship. 1975 The Racial Discrimination Act is enacted. It ...
- 980: Articles Of Confederation 3
- As the first written constitution of the United States, the Articles of Confederation created a legislature where each state was represented equally. The Congress had jurisdiction over foreign relations with the authority to form alliances and make treaties, make war ...
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