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    that? What did the found fathers of our country come up with in the 1700’s to protect the colonies from tyranny? After the war‚ none of us wanted to go back to the kind of monarchy that England had. But‚ the government we had established-- known as the Articles of Confederation -- had no central government at all. So‚ the delegates had to figure out how to guard the country against tyranny‚ while also forming a stable‚ working government. The founding fathers established a non-tyrannical government

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    Darry At twenty‚ Darry is the oldest in the gang and the oldest of the Curtis brothers. Darry is extremely intelligent and very athletic. Additionally ‚ he does all the cooking and housework. He is very strong‚ principled and grumpy. Pony tells us that before their parents died‚ Darry “had been real popular in high school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the Year”. Darry could have been a Soc any day. Darry had sacrificed going to college and working to make sure

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    against tyranny. Tyranny is defined as harsh absolute power in the hands of one individual. In 1787‚ 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to fix the existing constitution‚ the Articles of Confederation. They decided to go forward with a new constitution that would completely guard against tyranny. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in several ways such as federalism‚ separation of powers‚ checks and balances‚ and the equality of large and small states. The first guard against tyranny was federalism

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    The constitution guarded against tyranny in several ways. Some of those ways were federalism‚ checks and balances‚ large states verses small states and division and separation of power. Here is how it all got started. 55 white males gathered in Philadelphia to form the document that keeps our country on the map. The document‚ is The Unites States Constitution of Independence. The constitution was written and formed in May of the year1787. The constitution has seven articles. Many people do not realize

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    The Constitution guards against the tyranny‚ in many different ways. It begins in 1787 when our founding fathers gathered in Philadelphia to discuss a problem‚ that problem was that The Articles of Confederation was not working. They then had a long debate and decided to make a new piece of document‚ that document is now called The Constitution. It helped a new term of Federalism‚ Separation of powers‚ Checks and Balances‚ and helping to balance power between the small and larger states. The first

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    The Rise of Tyranny: The Archaic period saw (800 – 500 B.C) the rise of the Tyrant as a result of the social‚ political and economic discontent of the polis and the Greek colonies. Initially the Tyrant “in the ancient Greek sense was a man who‚ without any hereditary or official right to rule‚ seized control of his city” and was viewed favourably amongst the Greeks. (Estensen –get booklet for foot note) The rise of the Tyrant was due to the widespread dissatisfaction that came from the oppressive

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    their government‚ they finally settled with the new document: The Constitution; established in Philadelphia in 1787.With The Constitution‚ America seemed to do a whole lot better and they were happy it protected them from tyranny… but how? The Constitution protects against tyranny by Federalism‚ Checks and Balances‚ and Bicameral Registration. The first method the Constitution protects

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    It is something everyone wants‚ not many have‚ and few want to give. Some people would appreciate having a little bit of respect from others‚ and some should make efforts to show some more respect. Unfortunately‚ this does not happen all the time. Maybe this is because respect is not clearly understood. What is respect? The dictionary defines it as an act of giving particular attention or high or special regard. Another definition shows respect as a feeling or attitude of admiration and deference

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    ‘The Moral Landscape’ – Sam Harris‚ published in 2010 Albanian’s have a tradition where if a man commits a murder the victim’s family can kill any one of his male relatives in reprisal. If a boy is born into a family where his brother/son was a murderer he has to go into hiding; leaving proper education & adequate health care. Can we argue that Albanians are ‘morally wrong to have structured their society in this way?’ and ‘are their values are inferior to our own?’ Can we argue whether or not

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    Threat of Tyranny of the Majority not Strong enough to "Temper" the Spirit of Democracy In the present political spectrum‚ democracy is essentially understood as both the most humane and effective means by which to govern a body politic. While democracy is currently relatively non-controversial‚ this was not the case during its establishment. The democratic experiment in America was viewed somewhat indifferently by many of the world’s prominent political philosophers. Alexis de Tocqueville and John

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