Took an active part in events that lead to the American Revolution. 1776- Jefferson took his seat in Congress as an elected delegate and wrote the Declaration of Independence. ... Involved North Africa, was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. ... Preserved the Court's independence and established the precedent that criminal actions were the only grounds for impeachment. ... Jefferson's main goals were to restore government to its limited role, to extend the Republican's power in the federal government, to establish republican ...

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Even just isolating these tax and military problems as part the issues colonists were made to deal with there was essentially nothing they could do, the British legal system (referenced in the declaration of independence) was mock-enforced conveniently for the British agents so as they would receive little or no punishment leaving early Americans feeling as though justice has not been served but rather they were jerked off. ... The second continental congress met again in 1776 and wrote and signed the Declaration on Independence on the 4th of July that year marking its place in American histo...

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In that campaign he asserted his independence of the conservatives and of the machine that had nominated him, endorsing a progressive platform, which he pursued as governor. ... On April 2,1917, he asked Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. ... Wilson went before Congress in January 1918, to pronounce American war aims through a a series of ideas he had known as the Fourteen Points, this would establish a general association of nations indubitably guaranteeing political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. ... In the Treaty of 1783 Great Britain ...

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Increasingly concerned about the dangers presented by imperialist rivalries in the Pacific, the Americans strengthened their naval power by securing from the Hawaiian government in 1887 the exclusive right to use Pearl Harbor. ... Although the American minister in Hawaii supported the rising and authorized the use of American troops, the Cleveland administration in Washington was not enthusiastic about the means adopted and refused to annex the islands at that time. ... Fifty-one miles long, with about $3.5 billion in bases and infrastructure, the canal links the At...

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Roosevelt was also very adamant about building a canal that would link the Pacific to the Atlantic. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. ...

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Roosevelt was also very adamant about building a canal that would link the Pacific to the Atlantic. ... The US recognized it independence and Panama rapidly agreed to American terms on a Canal Zone lease, and the US Army Corps of Engineers began digging the following year. ...

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The Declaration of Independence says "human beings are equal" and that "human beings have rights.... The Declaration also says "the purpose of government is to secure rights.... This new policy is set to take effect in about six months after Obama signed two memorandums the first one initiates the visa process, and the other creates a White House Task Force for new Americans (VOA). ... This policy will focus on helping immigrant parents who have been living in the United States for five years leading to about four million immigrants receiving these new positive benefits ...

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