February 4th 2014 Why is it great to be Canadian? Diversity‚ freedom‚ opportunity‚ education‚ heath care‚ peace‚ democratic community‚ geography. This is just a small portion of things you think of when you hear Canadian or Canada. To some we may seem to be an essential country but to those who know us‚ we are friendly‚ hardworking‚ educated people living in a highly developed society. Canada is the greatest country in the world to live in because everyone in Canada has the right to free primary
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Strengths of the Articles After the United States had declared independence from the most powerful nation on earth‚ they now had the task to put into place a government that could defend the freedom they had just won. The Articles of Confederation were the first attempt at political order for the New World. Although many believe that the Articles were a failure‚ I take the standpoint that some(not all) of the weaknesses could be turned around to strengths depending on the situation.
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1.The important (major) characteristics of the Articles of Confederation were about Congress and how it would work. Each state only had one congressional vote regardless of the size of the state which caused problems with larger states wanting more representation. Congress had no power to tax or to regulate commerce.The laws required a 9/13 pass while amendments had to be unanimously decided to be added. Finally they had no national court to enforce the laws that were passed by congress which didn’t
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Father of Confederation. Personality: Alexander Tilloch Galt‚ who was of Scottish descent‚ spent his early years with his brothers John and Thomas partly in the London area‚ partly in Scotland. Addiction: Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt had no addictions to anything. Political Party: Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt is from a Liberal-Conservative party. Political Beliefs: He was a member of the Great Coalition government in the Province of Canada that secured Confederation between 1864 and 1867. He became
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leader who led the unification effort in Germany. He was the Prince of Bismarck and held various government positions throughout his life‚ such as Prussian Minister President. Germany used to be a group of states loosely united through the German Confederation. Bismarck changed that‚ using force and war‚ and created a unified Germany with Prussia as the major power holder. He also removed Austria from Germany. In a speech describing his plan for success Otto von Bismarck said; “The great questions of
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The Articles of Confederation were a primitive version of the current Constitution of the United States. Back in the 1700’s all thirteen states approved the Articles of Confederation. The Articles served as the only way to keep the states unified. Though they were weak (most people were afraid of having a strong central government) they still helped in modeling the United States Constitution and helped in stabilizing the government. Although this is true‚ it would be ridiculous to try to prove that
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Confederation Confederation was an important part of our history. Without confederation Canada would not even be close to where it is today. Confederation solved many problems Canada was facing at the time such as‚ political deadlock‚ threats from other forces and a railway that was needed. Political deadlock was a major problem in the 1800’s. Since each party had an equal amount of representatives‚ no decisions could be made because each party had an equal say in the government. Canada east
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Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. With backlash from nine out of thirteen states‚ the Articles of Confederation were unable to seek approval by all and called for a ratification. Despite the multiple weaknesses‚ it organized a record of achievement. With some strengths‚ the Articles of Confederation led to the Constitution. There were many weaknesses as per the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. One major
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government under the Articles of Confederation had very little power and most power was held by the individual states. Eventually‚ the weakness of the national government under the Articles led to their replacement with the current US Constitution. This goes to show the difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. There were many problems under the Articles and much was left out that it caused problems. The government under the Articles of Confederation had a Unicameral Legislature
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Confederation happened in 1867 which made Canada what it is today. Confederation was good idea because the result of political‚economic‚social and military conditions in place at the time. During the time that Confederation was going on‚ The Fenians were a huge threat towards Canada. Fenians were a bunch of Immigrants from ireland living in the US‚ they were a threat to Canada because they wanted Britain to leave Ireland.Attacking Canada would push Britain towards leaving Ireland. Confederation
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