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    After a hard fought battle in the election of 1800‚ John Adams and the Federalists lost to Thomas Jefferson‚ a Republican. After this defeat‚ the Federalists wanted to retain as much power as they could. So‚ before Jefferson and the other Republicans entered office‚ Adams passed the Judiciary Act of 1801. The act made a series of specific changes to the Judiciary system‚ that would leave it dominated by Federalists. It reduced the amount of Supreme Court justices from six to five and removed their

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    Mark Puls’ Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution brought to light one of the most undervalued yet highly influential founding fathers of the American revolutionary era. Adams is widely regarded as one of the first fervent idealists of American independence. one of the most outspoken‚ persistent‚ agitators of that time Puls biography details the life of Samuel Adams in a chronological order of events starting with his upbringing in the Adams’ family. His father was a well respected brewer

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    local British tea sellers out of business due to no customers. This led the Sons of Liberty to overthrow 342 crates of tea from the East India Company into the Boston Harbor. Samuel Adams is the key leader in this protest because he was against the Tea Act which was pushing “taxation without representation”. Adams organized the Sons of Liberty and the Boston Committee of

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    The base of the United States of America was built by crucial documents and passionate speeches that supported the idea of freedom for all its citizens. As new documents and speeches‚ such as those by Thomas Jefferson‚ Patrick Henry‚ and Abigail Adams‚ came to life‚ the foundation of the United States came to life. These influential voices set the stage for the American identity and the right to opportunity. The United States is based on the idea that freedom is obligatory for every American citizen

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    satisfied with canadas mixed economy – Adam Smith or Karl Marx? Adam smith would be more satisfied and happier with Canada’s mixed economy today than karl marx. Adam Smith and Karl Marx are the greatest economic analysts the world has ever seen. Adam Smith is considered as the father of modern day economics whereas Karl Marx is considered as the the father of Communism. Adam Smith has taken a Western approach in his thought processing on economics. Adam Smith had stated that the workers always

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    John Quincy Adams was a great man but didn’t accomplish much in his presidential years. He was born on July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree Massachusetts‚ but is now called Quincy in honor of him. He became president from a close race that the House of Representatives had to decide. Sadly‚ he died in 1848 at the age of 80. Before John Quincy Adams became the sixth president of the united states‚ he did some weird things as a child. He saw the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hill close to his farm with his mom

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    John Adams John Adams first career in the state industry was a member of the resistance movement which was involved with taxes. He was involved with the parliament’s right to act which questioned the American colonies. A while after that Adams wrote A Dissertation on the canon and feudal law. Then resist and enacted the stamp act it rose revenue along requiring all people and documents a stamp. ("John Adams." Britannica School‚ Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 10 Nov. 2017. ) Later‚ Adams lead to the

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    Ansel Adams was born February 20‚ 1902‚ in San Francisco‚ California. Ansel took an interest in music at an early age. He taught himself how to play the piano and enjoyed the surroundings of nature. In 1916‚ he and his parents went on a trip to Yosemite National Park where he received his first camera‚ the Kodak Box Brownie. His first photographs recorded their vacation. Ansel fell in love with Yosemite National Park and would return every summer. He worked four summers as the caretaker of the park’s

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    Jackson and John Quincy Adams‚ the presidential election of 1828 was highlighted by the split of electoral votes in New York and Maryland. Andrew Jackson had swept through the west‚ gaining every single state‚ and even got Pennsylvania. The winner from the election of 1824 by the ‘corrupt’ bargain‚ John Q. Adams‚ had gained the support of all the northeast states. However‚ the real surprise was the split electoral votes in Maryland and New York. The northern states loved Adams because he favored elites

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    Andrew Jackson Prior to winning the presidential election in 1828‚ Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams shared deep hatred for each other. When Jackson won the presidential election‚ his popularity created the age of Jacksonian democracy. It replaced the Jeffersonian democracy‚ where Jefferson had created a nation governed by middle and upper-class educated property holders. Jackson was a symbol of an age because he represented the common man‚ was a beloved hero and was a leader who shared similar

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