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    Appointed in 1801 by President John Adams‚ Marshall served the highest judicial role for over 34 years. Marbury v. Madison (1803) was the first case where Marshall used judicial review to structure judicial power over Congress by having a broad‚ Federalist interpretation of the Constitution

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    Politician vs. Statesman

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    Politician and statesman are two terms that are used to define a political individual‚ and usually collaborate in their meanings. Many times‚ these two works can be used as synonyms when describing an individual‚ but they do have their subtle differences. Both a politician and a statesman are defined as "man who is a leader in national or international affairs" or "a man who is a respected leader in a given field" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=statesman / http://dictionary.reference

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    stopped because there is no military * Event that exposes the weaknesses and killed the Articles * Philadelphia Convention/ Constitutional convention: * May- September 1787 * To “revise” The Articles * Jefferson and Adams absent * Virginia plan: * Presented by James Madison * A bicamel legislature based on population/equality * 3 branches of government The Federalist # 10: * By James Madison * Propaganda for federalists

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    2nd President John Adams Dates: 1797-1801 Political Party: Federalist Domestic: Naturalization Act Alien‚ Alien Enemies Act Sedition Act Foreign: XYZ affair Remained neutral in French revolution Biggest Achievement: Kept US out of the French revolution Biggest Failure: Passed the sedition Acts 3rd President Thomas Jefferson Dates: 1801-1809 Party: democratic-republican Domestic Repealed Alien and Sedition Acts Removed direct tax of 1798 Foreign

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    George washington and John Paul Jones have many things in common‚ and thing that aren’t the same as the two guys. Also what it says in the text is that they are both brave and courageous guys‚ and face some dangerous times. And they have also had experiences in war or helping in the wars with people that need help or aler things. So you can compare and contrast with these two awesome guys and the ways they are alike or not even close to being alike. And there are some interesting thing about them

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    policy‚ John Adams established himself as a key leader in the creation and upholding of America in the 1700’s. Harvard-educated‚ John Adams was a very intelligent man who displayed this intelligence on many different platforms (Massachusetts historical society). With Adam’s political skill and whit it would be thought that he was taught this at an early age but‚ John Adam’s father was very opposed to a life of law and politics (biography.com). John Adams was a direct descendent of Henry Adams‚ a pioneer

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    would stay neutral 
and would not aid neither France or Great Britain Stayed neutral during French Revolution- Washington refused to take neither France nor Britain’s side during the war The First Cabinet: 1. John Adams- Vice President 2. Thomas Jefferson- Secretary of State  3. Edmund Randolph- Attorney General  4. Alexander Hamilton- Secretary of Treasury 5.Henry Knox- Secretary of War

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    war was divided into three different groups of people; the loyalists‚ the patriots and the remaining people who did not care. Catherine Van Cortlandt‚ a loyalist had to endure different struggles then the patriot women Eliza Pinckney and Abigail Adams. However‚ parts of their stories are similar when it came to their family struggles. Catherine Van Cortlandt was a loyalist. She raised nine children‚ for the most part alone‚ while her husband Philip was part of the British military. Soon after

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    The Legacy of John Adams

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    The Legacy of John Adams In the early history of the United States‚ many founding fathers and people before them helped shape the underpinning for our nation’s liberty. Of the founding fathers and persons who were essential in the naissance of the great nation known today as the United States of America‚ John Adams is undoubtedly one of the most vital of them all. John Adams by David McCullough did not only do Adams’ life story justice‚ it also painted the man and his works so vividly in every

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    John Adams - Harmonielehre

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    | Minimalism – Essay 1 | ‘Rejecting Schoenberg was like siding with the Phillistines‚ and freeing myself from the model he represented was an act of enormous willpower’. Discuss this statement by John Adams with reference to the orchestral work ‘Harmonielehre’. Is this work a refreshing new departure or a return to tried and tested orchestral gestures? | | Melissa Ong | 12/1/2011 | By inventing the serial system of twelve tone music and atonalism‚ Schoenberg had created “the agony of

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