After gaining independence, our founding fathers created an extremely unique, and revolutionary government in order to set up a social contract between America and its people. ... The next stage of constitutional development is the Civil War Era, or it really should be called the Post-Civil War Era since everything significant that happened to the Constitution occurred after or as a result of the Civil War. After the Union was officially victorious in the war in 1865, President Lincoln made it his first order of business to outlaw the sole activity that the war was being fought over, which wa...

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The first thing that really made George Washington a big name was the Revolutionary War even though he did play a significant role in the French and Indian War. ... Two weeks later came the news that Washington had feared: Revolutionary France had declared war on Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands. ... American citizens constantly rioted and "there was always the threat of war with Britain" (Flexner2 81). ... The United States did not fully realize this when the First World War started. ... The United States had to enter the war. ...

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The Articles of Confederation was the first documentation of the beginning structure of the United States government, which held together the 13 colonies who had just fought in the Revolutionary War. ... Every class of public creditors must know the inability of Congress to pay their demands, unless furnished with the means by the several States, and the exertions of that body have not been (lacking) heretofore to obtain the means " (Document C) This quote means that with the because to the mountain of debt Congress has to comply with, Congress keeps delaying to pay the Revolutionary War sol...

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The Articles of Confederation During the Revolutionary period, the United States and Britain had many conflicts. ... Subsequently following the French and Indian War, which happened to be where the British fought for the American colonies, Britain was in great need to pay its debts. Holding the war against the colonies, Britain decided to tax the colonies to pay for their large debt. ... In 1650, a series of laws called the Navigation Acts were issued for the American colonies; although they did not come into full effect until after the French and Indian War. ...

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The Jay Treaty in 1794 greatly disturbed the Republicans because the British said the states still had a pre-revolutionary war debt to pay. ... Congress enforced a draft for the army in the war of 1812, but the Constitution did not support this, resulting in a strict construction from Madison, which was a reversal for the Federalists (Doc D). They were against the war of 1812 because they wanted to keep trade open with England. ...

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These are only a few of the reasons the Revolutionary War was fought with Great Britain. After the war was over the American people knew what it felt like to finally be free. ... Lincoln himself was worried about what the effects of the war would bring. ... The Civil War was, and still is, a very dark point in American History. It was a war that was fought over freedom and equality, almost paralleling the war that was fought in 1776, but this time the war was with our own country. ...

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The Articles of Confederation were written on March 1, 1781. They were written to establish a framework of government that the states could follow while they took the first steps as a nation. They were written while the Revolutionary War was still being waged. One would have to assume that The Ar...

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They successfully managed, organized, and eventually won the Revolutionary War . After winning the war, the Congress went on to successfully negotiate the Treaty of Paris and compelled the British to recognize American independence. ... Congress, lacking the power to regulate interstate commerce, could only helplessly watch as rival states began a series of tariff wars over the inflation. These tariff wars, which devastated the national trade, coupled with Shays rebellion, seemed to be the culmination of all the downfalls and weaknesses of the fledgling government and change was deemed to be n...

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These funds were used to interfere in Grenada and El Salvador, and aided pay an undercover war against the revolutionary government of Nicaragua. As expected from a timid Liberal Congress, funding for the Nicaraguan war was blocked. ...

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The dilemma of whether or not the taking of colonies or the annexation of territories beyond the bounds of the North American land mass was congruous with previous American policies, including the Declaration of Independence, remained a major foreign policy debate between the Spanish-American War, beginning in 1898, and World War I, beginning in 1914. ... The first, and clearest, indication of a drastic change of policy was the Spanish-American War. ... Many Americans, such as members of the American Anti-Imperialist League, became very furious over what they considered violation of this princ...

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It will try to account for a number development efforts made within four decades from the country's decolonization in 1946 to its transition to democracy in 1986 and relate it to the modernization paradigm which was shaped by a number of historical events after the war. Such events were the rising into power of the United States of America and the success of its Marshall Plan or the European Recovery Program which was an effort to rebuild Europe from the ravages of war. ... Being devastated by war, the Philippines was offered US$620 million to pay for war damages for the acceptance of the...

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The national bank was also one of Hamilton's thoughts to help the American people to recover from the Revolutionary war, adjust their currency, and help to control the American economy. ... On the other hand, Thomas Jefferson, anti- federalist, opposes Hamilton's ideas on recovering the country after the war. ...

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President George Washington's Farewell to the Nation As a two term President of the United States and leading a successful war against the British in the Revolutionary War, George Washington began the process of in essence of announcing his retirement. ...

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Revolution ended up being the relationship between the two, which promptly broke out as the Revolutionary War in 1775. ... Of course if arguments were finished after one side makes a bold declaration on a piece of paper that would be quite a different history but the war waged on until 1783. ... Carolina but those requirements were abolished before the Civil war. ... The party quick to seize in time for the Civil war was the modern Republican Party, which was mainly favored in the northern states. The Democratic Party was also formed and generally favored by the southern states or states t...

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What comes to mind when you think of Richard Nixon? Although most people immediately recognize his name as a previous President involved in the Watergate Scandal, few know anything more about this controversial President. Overshadowed by the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon had a tumultuous childhood that included poverty and multiple deaths. After he managed his way through college, he became a practicing lawyer before entering politics and becoming President. During his Presidency, Richard resolved foreign relations issues, desegregated schools, and most significantly created a b...

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The United States paid France $11,250,000 for the land, in addition to canceling $3,750,000 in war debts that the French owed the United States. ... Other Federalists opposed the purchase because they felt it might send the wrong message to Britain, who at the time was at war with France. ... -Henry Adams, Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansionism Whether or not the sale was worthless, if it went through it could cause tension between the U.S. and Spain and the last thing any Americans wanted was to start an unnecessary war with Spain. ...

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