The girl had no idea that once in Philadelphia she would enter into a world entirely different, that of post-revolutionary war America. ... Constitution finds its beginning in post-revolutionary America. ... But every war creates its own set of problems. ... Even before the American Revolutionary war, Americans despised taxes. During the war it was "no taxation without representation", and after the war Americans did not want to give up their hard earned money to pay off war debts. ...

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All Americans have to right to a trial by jury. A trial by jury signifies one of the freedoms on which america was founded. Thomas Jefferson though it so important that he stated it in his inaugural address, "...the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury." In or...

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Following the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America, one of the most important task facing the new nation was setting up a constitution, a set of laws to govern the 13 states. After much debate and discussion, the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first con...

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Events that led to the Revolutionary War: Conflict between Britain and the American colonies began in the 1760s when the British government decided to raise revenues by imposing taxes on the American colonies, to pay for the French and Indian War. ... This action eventually led to the Revolutionary War. ... Chief of state: describes ceremonial functions; decorating war heroes, hosting visiting chiefs of state, telephoning sports and space heroes, dedicating parks. 2. ...

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Once the Revolutionary War ended, the United States needed some way to unify the states and have some sort of structure. ... "The United States in Congress shall never engage in a war...nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money unless nine States assent to the same" (Articles of Confederation). ... The states were in a huge amount of debt after the Revolutionary War. ... After the war, England reduced trade with the US, and Spain blocked access to the Mississippi River. ...

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Articles of Confederation Articles of Confederation The articles of confederation were introduced in 1777 and this gave the power to individual states. During 1781-1789 the Aricles of Confederation provided the United states with an ineffective movement, how...

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Freedoms Obligation I don't think freedom has an obligation. Everyone in America has some sort of freedom and everyone is entitled to some sort of freedom, so that is why we as Americans should not think freedom has an obligation. We were born in freedom and I hope we will die in freedom. I th...

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After the Revolutionary War, British signed the Treaty of Paris, and one of the agreements between US and Britain was that they leave their land in America where their military forts were. ... The Articles were of some value in that they served as a major transition period between the revolutionary, idealistic culture into a more organized, united culture that remains unto this day....

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These differences would culminate during the 1850s and would eventually ignite a divided Congress and country to fight a war it had already won- the war for freedom. ... The dividing of people on the issue of slavery turned into the sectionalism that fueled the Civil War. ... These differences were set aside to fight a war for their freedom. The Revolutionary War united the North and South into one for a brief time. ...

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Troubled Farmers "In the first years of peacetime, following the Revolutionary War, the future of both the agrarian and commercial society appeared threatened by a strangling chain of debt which aggravated the depressed economy of the postwar years".1 This poor economy affected almost everyone in New England especially the farmers. ... Shays, born in Hopkinton Massachusetts, grew up as a farmer before he fought for his country in the War for Independence. During the War he fought in such key battles as the Battle of Lexington, Bunker Hill and Saratoga. For his success in battle he was aw...

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After the Revolutionary War the United States of America was a new nation free of the power of the British King. ... The powers to coin money, regulate foreign and interstate commerce, establish a post office, declare war, and to spend the money necessary to promote the common good of the people of the United States were all stated in the Constitution.# The State government's powers were strictly written in the Constitution under the Tenth Amendment , which reserved all other powers " to the states respectively or to the people." ... The country also had many soldiers coming home from w...

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In the spring of 1754, war broke out between the British and French in America. ... The war forced Franklin to turn his attention to the field of military matters. ... In the spring of 1775, he returned to America, only to find out that America and England were already at war. ... Franklin ran the war in Europe, getting all the help and money from any country he could. ... He helped draft the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. ...

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After the end of the Revolutionary War, the colonists eventually wrote, accepted, and started the enforcement of the United States Constitution with the Bill of Rights and other amendments. ... For example, during the Civil War era, President Abraham Lincoln, a sponsor of the Fourteenth Amendment, was killed. ...

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Discrimination Anthony Koroush Position Paper 13 December 2000 Discrimination Introduction "Discrimination is going on around the world everyday. Discrimination in any way is wrong. I. It contradicts the Constitution A. The Constitution states, "All men are created equal."" 1. In the 1700's, blacks ...

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The Second Amendment was written this way because, after the Revolutionary War, the states insisted on the constitutional right to defend themselves in case the newly formed United States" government became tyrannical and oppressive like the British royal rulers. ...

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"So Cowardly and For These Vile Guns." Shakespeare Shortly after eleven o"clock on April 20th, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two outcast students walked in through the cafeteria door carrying with them shotguns, rifles, and pipe bombs. They went on a rampage killi...

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At the head of a motley band of rebels, he began the first of a series of wars of independence that pitted rebels against the Spanish crown for eleven years. ... For most of the 20th century, only one political party, the government- controlled Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), played an influential role in politics or in the decision-making process. ...

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The Revolutionary War with Britain was still quite clear in the American mind during the writing of the Constitution, so the Bill of Rights had full support of the public because it protected citizens against everything which had angered the colonists about the British (Holder 52). ... Certain military powers involve declaring war, raising and supporting armies, regulating and maintaining navies, and supplying militias (Holder 29). ...

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Civil War. ... During the Civil War, Ms. ... One Civil War veteran stopped and said to a friend of Ms. ... In the midst of all of this was the looming war in Europe. ... These women are nearly all descended from revolutionary ancestors or from some of the greatest libertarian statesmen this country has produced. ...

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"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" (Bill of Rights, Article II). The Second Amendment has been a major issue in American politics. In question is the intent of this Amendment. Was it mean...

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