The Caroline, a ship used to supply weapons to rebel Canadians, was burned and sent over Niagara Falls. In response to this, Van Buren sent troops to Canada to keep Americans from retaliating against England. His ride-the-fence attitude kept America a neutral country between England and Canada, but this is not what the citizens of America wanted. ... * Van Buren could have salvaged some public support from the Indians but he did absolutely nothing and was somewhat intentionally responsible for the death of ¼ of the Indian population. ...

• Word Count: 532
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Usually the symbolic representative of a parliament system is a monarch and in Canada's case, the Queen, through the Governor General, her representative in Canada. ... In Canada the Constitution provides for the executive government of and over Canada to be vested in the Queen. The Queen is the head of state and symbolizes Canada's status as a "constitutional Monarchy" (Berjermi, 2000 p.7). ... Independence from the United Kingdom was not the basis for developing the original system of government for Canada. ... The more population in a state means more representation in the house. ...

• Word Count: 2288
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I travel to Canada about once a month and have many friends there. ... Ratajzack travels to the United States often and seemed to keep up with the American government standings even more than he did with the Canadian government. ... He explained to me that "The Canadian news channels are overloaded with American news and politics, therefore, many Canadians know everything about America and it's business". ... This statement was written in a Canadian magazine. ...

• Word Count: 2421
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The United States government currently has 26 sanctions covering target countries and this accounts for half the world's population. ... Other countries such as Canada, Japan and Western Europe may not have a problem with the sanctioned country or they may have trade relations they don't want to disrupt. ...

• Word Count: 1142
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Mexico was too big and brought its own complexity to regulate and moving to Canada was just not a good idea. ... The American population was waiting the type of rule the United States will have over foreign territories. ...

• Word Count: 1050
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the 1980's and 1990's illegal immigration became a central topic of debate, as immigrants poured in from both Canada and Mexico, mainly through land routes. ... The majority of the American population has become fed up with President Obama's take on immigration and how he plans to fix it. ...

• Word Count: 3003
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Government Spending & Budget As many Federal departments and agencies lurch into an era of running without funds, the leaders of both parties of Congress are spending less and less time searching for a compromise to balance the budget, and more and more time deciding how to use it to...

• Word Count: 2844
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School