A democratic country aims to have an accountable government that serve the best interests of the people it is governing. The UK is a liberal democracy which ensures that citizens should be able to influence governmental decisions made. But how far is the UK democratic? An element of Britain’s governmental system is that there is no written constitution. This means that‚ theoretically‚ the government are free to pass any legislation as long as they have the majority in parliament which could be easily
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According to his enemies‚ Andrew Jackson behaved more like a dictator/king than a democratic president. Jackson and his followers became the basis of the Democratic-Republican party‚ later known as the Democratic party. He believed in the spoils system‚ supported the common man‚ and equality for all people regardless of their social class. Although he had such positive features‚ he had some negatives as well. Jackson removed Native Americans from their homeland by signing the Indian Removal Act of
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In democratic system people are participating in political and decision making process without considering their race‚ color‚ physical ability such as Scandinavian countries. They are able to decide on their destiny directly or through their representatives. Each individual have their votes and these votes are effective and able to change decisions. There is no lumber on their choice and government can not mobilize citizens to pro-government relies; in contrast people are being mobilized by themselves
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A.P. US History Assigned DBQ In the 1600s‚ Great Britain’s North American colonies were mostly white‚ English‚ and Protestant. However‚ in the 1700s this changed. Great Britain’s colonies had become remarkably more diverse. The New World was home to many people who sought religious freedom; therefore new forces of race‚ ethnicity‚ and religion affected that society. Protestantism became the main religion in England after they won the religious struggle. To escape religious persecution
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DBQ Essay Chesapeake Colonies vs. New England Colonies The English had no desire to colonize the new world prior to defeating the Spanish Armada. However‚ once they defeated the Spanish in 1588‚ thus ending Spanish colonization‚ the English became the rulers of the Atlantic and a newly found patriotism flourished in England. The English had tried desperately to colonize the new world‚ failing two times before succeeding in Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ one of the Chesapeake Bay colonies. The northern most
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achieve these goals including Indians‚ unfarmed land and unfamiliar weather. Each colony began building and working toward their goal. The differences between the colonies started to form soon after they were settled. According to the ship’s list of emigrant bound for Virginia there were very few women. Without women the men weren’t motivated to work‚ and many men died. Since the men didn’t feel like the colony was stable‚ they started to have relationships with Indian women. This made what little
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were two colonies with England settlers‚ these colonies were very different. New England economy was base on growing crops and livestock‚ unlike the Chesapeake who depended greatly on the king of England for economic support. The New England colony who came to the new world for religious freedom practiced Christianity. On the other hand Chesapeake colony was mostly from the Anglelican church who at the time were actually a ruling government and religion was not important. Although both colonies would
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Geography was the primary factor and played an important role in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America. In some areas‚ the geography influenced the living and farming conditions for the better‚ and for some areas‚ for the worse. The Southern colonies’ geography was well-suited to farming. It was warm year round and provided a great place to produce cotton‚ indigo‚ rice‚ and many other crops. However they had few natural harbors. Opposite the North had thin rocky soil
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To what extent are Labour and Conservative Democratic organisations? The definition of democracy is the control of an organisation or group by the majority of its members. By this definition Labour and Conservative are both democratic organisations because they have elements of policy formulation and MP election processes which are very democratic in nature as they involve a wide range of people within the party. However there are also undemocratic features about both these organisations such as
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democracy in Nigeria Despite 10 years of democracy in Nigeria. may be that is the reason for the high rate of undemocratic dividends in the country. 29th may 2009 mark a decade anniversary of democracy in Nigeria. What have we benefited from this concept when compared to other countries practicing this concept of government of the people‚ by the people and for the people? Nigerian democratic regime is shadowed with much of the so-called problems associated with military rule.The military regime is
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