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    How can the government stop tyranny ? The Articles of Confederation seemed to fail trying to do the job. The challenge was to create powerful rules that everyone would be able to live by. They weren’t just any powerful rules it was the Constitution‚ and it made sure that no one had more power or was much more powerful than any other. “In the compound republic of America‚ the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments.”James Madison came up with a compound government

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    why people conform in groups and whether some people more likely to conform than others. One will address these two questions in the text below‚ while also looking to explain what “minority influence” is‚ and how it differs to what is considered majority influence. To commence‚ one will look at the question of why people conform in groups. There appear to be two fundamental influences; informational influence‚ which involves people’s desire to be right (Cialdini & Goldstein‚ 2004) and normative

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    guard against tyranny? Tyranny is means ‘as harsh absolute power in the hands of one individual’; it has happened everywhere. Whatever the size or shape‚ tyranny is a problem because it means too much power in the hands of one person or group. In 1787‚ Representatives from almost all the states in the U.S‚ met in Philadelphia to fix the issue of tyranny. The House presents us to “The Articles of Confederation” to help guard against tyranny. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in ways such

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    How does the Constitution guard from tyranny? Imagine being in world where you are forced to wear certain things. Forced to practice the only religion allowed. Imagine not being able to know what you want‚ when you wanted! The Constitution was made on September 17‚ 1787 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. It was made to provide the framework for the U.S. government. It creates things like presidency‚ the Congress‚ and the Supreme Court. From May to September of 1787‚ men known as framers were thinking

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    Constitution Guard Against Tyranny? What do you think tyranny means? When we think of tyranny‚ we consider its harsh absolute power in the hands of one individual‚ like King George III. In James Madison’s argument for his support of the Constitution he wrote that "The accumulation of all power... in the same hands‚ whether of one‚ a few‚ or many is the very definition of tyranny." In 1787‚ the framers came together in Philadelphia to write the Constitution to help guard against tyranny. The Constitution

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    had four different ways of guarding against tyranny. In the late eighteenth century the American Colonies thrust off an oppressive Tyrannical Government. The four different way that the U.S Constitution Guard against Tyranny were‚ Federalism‚ the separation of power‚ Checks and Balances‚ and by ensuring representation of large and small states. Each of these processes had something important to do with Tyranny. You might ask what even is TyrannyTyranny is cruel and oppressive government or rule

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    to penetrate the next adoption segment‚ the pragmatist early majority‚ they are effectively operating without a reference base and without a support base within a market that critically demands both references and support. Moore explains that in order to bypass the Chasm the companies need to have a plan that fit to the following terms: 1. Have a clear vision of the prototype and standard product 2. Segment the pragmatist early majority market early 3. The first niche is the hardest. Convincing the

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    Could you imagine if our country was a tyranny? So much would be different about the way our country works. Thankfully the government created the constitution in 1787‚ in order to prevent this from happening. The constitution prevented against tyranny because of federalism‚ separation of powers‚ framers of the constitution‚ and big and small state compromise. One way the constitution prevented tyranny was by using federalism. Federalism creates a double security to make sure the people of our country

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    thought of why we have a constitution? Well one reason is‚ it helps guard against tyranny. The constitution was made in 1787 by a group of 12 to 13 delegates who didn’t want one person or a group of people to get to much power. Some of the things in our constitution that help guard against tyranny are federalism‚ separation of power‚ big vs. small states and checks and balances. Federalism guards against tyranny because the states and central government have power they control and power they

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    Federalism How does Federalism guard against tyranny? Federalism creates a layered system of the States and National Government. Creates a form of Government‚ Federalism. It equally  distributes all power. The states serve as as a check to balance the powers of Federal government does the same for the states. It is described as a “Compound Government.” with a double security and arises to the rights of the people. It offers double security to the people. Two-tiered system of government;

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