st World History: 1 Semester Final 2013 1. Jerry Brown is elected as governor of California. This is an example of Indirect democracy 2. The Constitution is the law of the land in the United States. This is an example of civil rights and liberaties 3. Each citizen in town votes to place a stoplight at Main Street. This is an example of direct democracy 4. Indian tribes fight to have equal access to voting booths close to their homes. This is an example of civil right
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history. Combined with the Bill of Rights‚ the Constitution holds the representative government accountable for its actions and sets finite limits on the power it wields over the individual. A capitalist society such as that of the United States uses taxation and wealth distribution as a tool for controlling social equality‚ an unavoidable hypocrisy of liberal values in a democratic welfare state. Classical liberal values that hold the individual ’s rights as paramount have been modernised to accommodate
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without some method of restraint‚ a certain group of states could dominate another and pass laws helping the former group at the expense of the latter. The numerous agreements between the states are a testimony to this fear; for example‚ direct taxation was only permitted if it was proportional to population to prevent the populous northern states from pushing legislation through Congress to raise taxes based on property. Thus‚ the “compromises” at the Convention were not always mutual concessions
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and trade. This caused a conflict between the colonists and the crown. The taxations on certain products made the colonist furious. 1B. This are the 10 reasons of Declaration for revolting. 1. The sugar act of 1764. It was a tax on sugar‚ molasses and other commodities. 2. The Boston massacre‚ which killed 5 colonists. 3. The taxation on commerce‚ this affected the southern planters and the colonist. 4. The taxation on free-trade. 5. The exportation of tea from England‚ which eliminated the
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there. 16: The King had put his soldiers to house in the colonists’ house. 17: The soldiers are protected by false trials. 18: American trade is cut off. 19: No taxation without representation. 20: The trials did not benefit the colonists. 21: Americans were taken to Britain just to be found guilty. 22: America is in a state of tyranny from the King. 23: The charters‚ laws‚ and government were changed by the King. 24: Legislature was abolished and replaced by Britain’s legislature. 25: The King
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Christianity‚ limited government‚ and a system of rights founded in the British common law." This shows that the colonist needed Britain to form this country. The American spectator also states‚" ’Samuel Johnson famously quipped in his essay Taxation No tyranny‚ how is it that we are the loudest yelp for liberty among drivers of African Americans‚" This shows that the colonist were not all of that and a piece of cake and had problems in their own nation. I conclude that even though the British helped
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than with the democratic republic of modern America. Three of the most prominent absolutist leaders were Catherine the Great of Russia‚ Frederick the Great of Prussia and Louis XIV of France - these three leaders are perfect examples of the avarice‚ tyranny and lust for power that characterizes the Enlightened Despots. Catherine the Great was an absolutist leader who preached the benefits of the Enlightenment but made policy decisions in complete contradiction to Enlightenment ideals. After the death
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the time because Paine dared to accuse what no one had before. He didn’t just denounce the British government but the heart and spirit of their nation‚ their King. Paine was able to pinpoint what exactly the majority of Americans wanted to change. Tyranny. That was the crime Paine proclaimed we Americans could abide by no longer. Americans valued Paine’s essay because it called to them as a nation.
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because I believe in my cause. In Document D Thomas Paine said “Britain‚ with an army to enforce her tyranny‚ has declared she has the right to not only tax but to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER.” This quote from Thomas Paine really pushes me to fight for what the colonies need and it makes me want to take down Britain and get the colonies independence. We will fight to have freedom‚ and taxation WITH representation. I am loyal to my country‚ I believe in my cause‚ and my men are sick are all reasons
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criminals. Taken from the French word ‘bastide’‚ meaning fortress‚ the Bastille was constructed to defend the eastern wall of Paris in 1382. But because it had previously been used to house political prisoners‚ it had long been a symbol of royal tyranny.) http://www.historywiz.com/bastillefall.htm. In the 1791 King Louie XVI agreed to a new constitution that limited power and also limited their monarchy. (Fearing the spread of France’s revolutionary ideas‚ Austria and Prussia assembled armies to
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