This rankled the colonists in two ways. ... This case established a precedent that has remained a part of English law ever since. 7th The tradition of trial by jury began in England around the 12th century. ... Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and George Mason were all of the Anti-Federalist opinion. ... By the laws of the United States, those that won the top two electoral vote totals would be President and Vice President. ... The most important part of the 12th amendment is that instead of casting two votes for President, each elector must pick a President AND a Vice President on his or her...

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The articles established a national legislature called the Congress, consisting of two to seven delegates from each state; each state had one vote, regardless of its size or population. ... The fourth weakness ensured the demise of the Confederation by making it too difficult to correct the first three (Story 49-50). ... The Making of a New Constitution At the convention held in Philadelphia in 1787, fifty-five delegates representing 12 states attended at least part of the sessions. ... Noticeably absent were the revolutionary leaders of the effort for independence in1775-76, such as J...

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An example is the American Civil War, where the abolitionist fight for the rights of the slaves of the southern part of the United States. ... This tradition is absorbed in the literary movement of transcendentalism that is expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. ... It lasted two years more, so in 1841 he quit his job. ... The book appeared on the fourth of July, as a kind of literary independence day. ...

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The "era" generally is considered coextensive with President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. ... The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the presidency of James Madison: the enactment of the first U.S. protective tariff and the establishment of the second National Bank. ... Fourthly, political realism is aware of the moral significance of political action. ...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... Confederates fought to protect southern society, and slavery as an integral part of it. ... The fourth theory was advocated by Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, one of state sovereignty, also known as the "Calhoun doctrine," named after the South Carolinian political theorist and statesman John C. ... Rejecting t...

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History In the 1860 presidential election, Republicans, led by Abraham Lincoln, supported banning slavery in all the U.S. territories, something the Southern states viewed as a violation of their constitutional rights and as being part of a plan to eventually abolish slavery. ... Confederates fought to protect southern society, and slavery as an integral part of it. ... The fourth theory was advocated by Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, one of state sovereignty, also known as the "Calhoun doctrine," named after the South Carolinian political theorist and statesman John C. ... Rejecting ...

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• Grade Level: High School