The New Jersey plan would protect the smaller states from the Virginia plan that would favor the bigger states. ... As far as slavery not counting the slaves as part of the population would benefit the state because it is one of the smaller states and if represented by proportion to population slave states would control a bigger percentage of the House seats. ... Equal representation would allow the smaller states to be protected and heard. ... If smaller states issues or interests were to differ from that of bigger states they would not be considered or well heard. ... Also another me...

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Republicans consisted of small farmers, craft workers, and some wealth planters. ... Jefferson hoped to make the government as small as possible. ... Many events that took place increased the distrust of the two men. ...

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All of the newly founded states except Rhode Island gathered into a small room in Philadelphia to make changes to the Articles that were in place. ... This helped build trade relations with other countries and eased the minds of American citizens because laws were put into place that enforced government policies. ... The Virginia Plan was a very large change that put into place the three branches of the government, the legislative, executive, and judicial. ... This is still in place today and still is debated over. ...

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The best geographic location for a republic is a small city state. The area must be small in order to ensure everyone is virtuous and equal. ... The power centers are the legislative (which consists of one large branch and a smaller, select branch), judicial, and executive. Montesquieu advocated checks and balances, such that are in place in the American government. ...

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The best geographic location for a republic is a small city state. The area must be small in order to ensure everyone is virtuous and equal. ... The power centers are the legislative (which consists of one large branch and a smaller, select branch), judicial, and executive. Montesquieu advocated checks and balances, such that are in place in the American government. ...

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According to a letter from the Rhode Island Assembly to Congress, the Rhode Island Assembly unanimously disagreed with Congress" suggestion to place taxes on imported goods (Document A). ... Such a small state could affect the entire nation, due to the law that stated that 13 out of 13 colonies had to agree to amend the Articles. This shows a weakness in how one small state could affect the nation. ... Although a small strength, this does show that without the Articles of Confederation, the history of American government could have been different. ...

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In the period between 1860 and 1877, many major changes were taking place within America. ... This shows how changes were beginning to take place in America due to the new amendments. A new banking system was put into place, as to nationalize the country. ... A few small social changes took place in the period after the Civil War, the most important being the Freedmen's Bureau. ... These changes are a revolution because new ideas and ways of life were coming into place. ...

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Small business owners are fighting on the same position yet for different reasons. They claim that guns are needed in their work place to protect their staff, themselves, and the business as a whole. ... In these rough, rusty urban environments small business owners feel that there is no other option then to carry a gun. ... Gatti speaks on behalf of the small business owners of America. Many small business owners feel so, and for that reason they keep a firearm in their workplace, illegally. ...

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----------After the convention delegates are chosen, the actual convention takes place. ... Because the state's population determines a state's number of Representatives, the larger or more populated states get more electoral votes than the smaller states. ...

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However, if we go back in time we can find examples very similar to the actual problem taking place in our public school now days regarding the Pledge. ... In conclusion, what we have here are children that go to school to get educated and which at a small age might not even know much about God and even less about the Constitution and their nation. But should we give these kids at least a small dose of non denomination exposure? ...

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Another reason why the government should not be allowed to regulate the internet is for their very small understanding of it. '"But opponents of the proposed bills - including Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales - argued they were so vague and draconian that they would force any website carrying user-generated content perceived to violate copyright laws to shut down at nearly a moment's notice" – This statement from the article Internet Regulations by Marcia Clemmitt show small understanding of content on the internet. ... If the user wanted to freely distribute his fil...

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Adams, along with many other anti-federalists, turned towards Montesquieu, who said that the smaller the republic, the more in touch the government is to the people . A large central government would not please as many people as several smaller ones. ... Intense conflict took place during the Massachusetts Convention. ...

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Individuality has no place in the American dream. ... The laws that govern America are decided upon by an amazingly small amount of people as compared to the citizens that reside in it. This government in a sense becomes the panoptical tower of America, this small group of individuals governing a mass of inhabitants. ...

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You might think that terrorism only takes place in a busy airport but the truth is its all around you. ... At any place especially one of mass-transit; you can be attacked at anytime without notice. ... Once the government puts in more funding for mass-transit security, the country will be a safer place, but it all starts when they start getting the funding for it. ... We could easily be using something that doesn't fully expose private things, but no, that's not what we're using our small funding for. ...

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The Constitution, if ratified, would put into place a bicameral congress containing both a House of Representatives and a Senate. ... Antifederalists in small states opposed this, believing that they were not being represented adequately. ... Senators were to be selected from a small number of individuals, elected by the state legislatures for terms lasting six years, and were to be eligible for reelection. ... Even in criminal cases, there was no guarantee that the trials would take place near the location of the crime, only in the state it was committed. ... Some had smaller complaints, but ...

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The micro level refers to districts, towns, counties and other small areas. ... Although this was a rather small area of land compared to today, there were still distinct areas that supported certain political ideas and political parties. ... This type of representation is tied very closely to place and space and focuses mainly on small areas such as districts, towns and boroughs. ... They have been able to make changes necessary to make our government meet our needs and to make our nation a better place to live and participate in politics....

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This convention took place in Philadelphia from May 14 – September 17, 1787.  ... According to Miss Bowen, the crucial issue was the large and small state dispute concerning membership in Congress that threatened dissolution of the convention until the compromise of an equality in the upper house and proportionality in the lower house was reached. ... While she correctly diagnoses the significance of the conflict between the large and small states, she underestimates the role of sectionalism in the convention. ... Another thing that I liked was how the author took each part of the proc...

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The Anti-Federalist and the Fight for States Rights and Small Government At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 a group of delegates, lead by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison proposed the adoption of a new system of government for the former English Colonies in the New World. ... They believed as Montesquieu did that democracy could only succeed in a small nearly homogeneous republic. ... Some inequalities indeed will take place. ... Small inequalities may be compensated."" ...

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Amendment eight in the Constitution "requires that every punishment imposed by the government be commensurate with the offense committed by the defendant" (Eight Amendment) and a similar statement in clause 20 of the Magna Carta says "A freeman shall be amerced for a small offence only according to the degree of the offence" (VI. ... If not committed within any state the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed" (AuBuchon), of course there was stuff added between the Magna Carta's version and the Constitutions, but in most ca...

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This demonstrated the corruption of the Articles and the dire effect they had on the economy; the decision of one small state prevented the entire country from receiving a much-needed financial boost. ... Under the Articles, the government created the premise upon which the remainder of the United States would fall into place. ...

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The average House leader had been in office since the original Woodstock Art and Music Festival took place in New York. It is the leadership and the seniority system that places the oldest members in the positions of greatest power that poses the greatest danger to the operation of the House. ... There are indications that term limits increase settings that are favorable to smaller government. ... Thus limiting terms leads to limited government, or at least a smaller government than what would have been. ...

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This step, however small it may have seemed in regard to internal and external policy, or even if the reasons of the colonists for stating and enforcing their independence seem a small ideological progression from that of the British government, such policy and ideology was nevertheless strong enough to bring an end to British rule in the colonies and provide an ideological base for a new government. ... Eventually the example of central government set by the English, though initially renounced by many states and political figures (notably Jefferson) because it was the perceived incompetency a...

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The United States determined its place in the community of nations by establishing diplomatic relations and its participation in the world economy. ... Their help came in the form of coining money to cause inflation, thus making the debt seem smaller and smaller. ...

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The issue of slavery prevented our country from being a place where all men are equal. ... The differences between the regions were small and insignificant during the colonial era. ... The gap between rich and poor was smaller than the South. ...

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To keep each branch from getting too powerful and becoming a monarchy, a system of checks and balances was put into place. ... This did not sit well with those of the states with a smaller population and in response conceived the New Jersey Plan which stated that each state be given the same number of representatives regardless of population to help support the smaller states from being silenced by the majority. ...

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