Matthew Williams HIS 3 Paper #1 Throwing off the British monarchy on July 4‚ 1776‚ left the United States with no central government. It had to design and install a new government and quickly. As early as May 1776‚ Congress advised each of the colonies to draw up plans for state government; by 1780‚ all thirteen states had adopted written constitutions. In June 1776‚ the Continental Congress began to work on a plan for a central government. It took five years for it to be approved‚ first by members
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Greavu 1 John Greavu WRIT 1301 Mr. Anderson 13 DEC 2011 Major Paper #4: Self Assessment: Turning “I Hate You” Into “Thank You” Throughout my life‚ for some reason or another‚ my writing has always been one of my weakest academic areas. At a very young age‚ through a series of many tests at doctors’ offices and local universities‚ I was told that I was three things‚ ADHD‚ OCD‚ and finally “gifted”. In addition to being hyper‚ having a very short attention span‚ and being obsessive-compulsive about
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One major strength of our Legislative branch is that it holds just about all of the legislative power in our country. It actually has the power to make laws‚ and is the only branch of government that can do this. A major weakness of Congress is that it is big‚ there are 535 members of Congress. The Legislative Branch consists of the Senate‚ and the House of Representatives and together they form the United States Congress. If a member of Congress wanted to propose a change in a policy they would
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Dameon Hale 1. I’m a bit intimidated by physics‚ however I believe I can learn anything as long as I put time into it. I feel my biggest challenge would be dealing with the mathematics in physics. Although there is math involved I would not say I have a negative outlook on physic. Physics was not a subject or a profession that was glamorized when I was a kid‚ so there was limited interest. 2. The question I ask myself after watching Dr. Greene’s video‚ is why physics is not glamorized
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The Articles of Confederation was the colonies first attempt at a national government. It was a weak form of a central government which had very limited abilities. Most of the power was left to the states which operated almost like independent republics. There were several downfalls of the Articles of Confederation‚ the most prominent of which was its lack of power to tax. During the 1780’s‚ the wealthiest and most groups recognized the problems with the Confederation and began working towards
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Throughout my educational career‚ I have always disliked group work. To me‚ group work is only beneficial to those individuals that normally do poorly on projects and who view the opportunity of working in a group as a chance to improve their own grades at the cost of the other individuals in the group. When working on a project on my own‚ I strive for perfection by watching every detail closely—from the font on a page to the alignment of sentences on a PowerPoint presentation. But‚ since I am not
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The Weimar Republic was set up in Germany after world war one‚ after the Kaiser had been abducted in 1918 . It was the most democratic government in the world‚ even allowing women to vote. The new government got off to a bad start‚ Germany was nearly bankrupt and unemployment was higher than ever. They were labelled ‘November criminals’ due to the agreement of the treaty of Versailles and unpaid reparations lead to challenges from political extremists. The new system of government was weak and faced
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The American Revolution started a decade ago after the Britain’s win in the French and Indian War; to pay off its significant war debts‚ Britain enforced several regulatory measures on the colonies‚ which generated outrage‚ protests‚ and eventually armed resistance from the colonists. First established during the American revolutionary war‚ the Articles of Confederation created a “league of friendship” among the 13 states by vesting them with equal authority in a weak government with only limited
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Being reliable means to be able to be trusted. There are very few reliable people in this world. Thomas Spears exhibits great characteristics of being reliable. If asked any questions‚ you can count on him to think of a clever response. He can be trusted with important information. Thomas Spears can also be relied on for support. Thomas can be relied on for questions‚ related to sports and music. For instance‚ at the start of the basketball preseason‚ people were very curious about which team drafted
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meritocratic principles‚ and status is gained on the basis of merit. Key questions (AO1) What is functionalism? (AO1) How do functional sociologists view the education system? (AO2) What support is there for functionalist views of education? (AO2) What criticisms can be made of functional views of education? Summary of key points Functionalism is a view of sociology that suggests that the role of a sociologist is to look at the workings of society
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