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    one of many quotes coming from Charles De Montesquieu. An important contributor to the principles of the constitution and the nature of the country Americans know today. America came from Europe, and so did many of Americas values and ideas. The constitution contains the what to do and what not to do when running a country based on those who felt oppressed from another country. The constitution was made to maintain the integrity of America. Overall, European documents, ideas, and events such as…

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    How did the Constitution guard against tyranny. The Constitution was written in 1776 in Philadelphia. The purpose of the Constitution was written because the colonies wanted to get away from the tyranny of England. How was tyranny guarded against the Constitution. The definition of tyranny is cruel or oppressive government rule. The Constitution guarded against tyranny in four ways which were small state-large state comprise, separation of powers, balancing, and creating representatives. The…

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    States earned it’s own independence, but they needed to ensure that what they had fought for would be protected. They were apprehensive that the government would have too much power over the people which is what the Constitution secures. There are four vital factors of the Constitution that make sure the Government doesn’t have too much power over the people which is the separation of power, big states and small states, federalism, and checks and balances. Separation of power is imperative to…

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    The U.S. Constitution, signed in September on the 17th 1787 at the Convention in Philidelphia. It was written to create America's National Government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for citizens. After devising a plan for a stronger federal government with three branches–executive, legislative and judicial, with the Bill of Rights 10 amendments guaranteeing basic individual protections, such as freedom of speech and religion. Following America's victory winning its…

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    The U.S.S. Constitution was first launched onto the sea on October 17, 1797. It took three different days to try and get the ship off land and into the water. The first war the ship had was with the British, and it was called the Quasi-War. The first official day of the Quasi-War was on July 7, 1798. It happened because of the XYZ affair affect. The XYZ affect angered the French, so they began to attack American trade ships. For two years the French kept on harassing American ships. This finally…

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    The United States Constitution: A just document The United States Constitution has it 's final draft submitted and receives acceptance by thirty-nine of the remaining forty-two delegates today in Philadelphia (Sidlow and Henschen 37). I have received and read a copy of this Constitution given to me by an anonymous source and will go into detail on what this new document proposes. After reading this document, I 'm sure there are many questions that would concern us all. What extent of power does…

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    amendments of the U.S. constitution protect the rights of all Americans. Under the British rule the colonists’ rights were denied, they were denied a fair trial and they were denied their freedom. In this case I would choose freedom, and the reason why is that with the freedom that constitution provides not only does it provide freedom of our basic rights but it also allows us to protect ourselves. It allows us to practice our rights within what the constitution allows.…

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    “Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained for it is the only safeguard for our liberties.” – Abraham Lincoln. Should the Constitution be modernized? Or should we just leave it alone? These are the many questions that people are asking in the 21st century because our country has changed drastically in many ways. So, what it comes down to is what would be better for the United States? Many people will argue that the Constitution should not be altered, because it…

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    The United States constitution divides the federal government into three branches, Legislative, Judicial and Executive. The founders of the Constitution divided the governmental power between the states, the federal government, and between the three branches at the federal level in order to prevent tranny. The authority and responsibilities of the three branches are not well defined by the constitution. The founders intended for the federal government to have limited powers and the states to…

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    In the book “A More Perfect Constitution”, Larry Sabato argues that certain parts of our constitution are out of date and could use an update. He states that the founding fathers never meant for our constitution to lay stagnant and unchanged for so many years, they knew it wasn’t going to be perfect. They wrote the constitution in such a way that it would create a “foundation up which changes would be constructed regularly”, since the constitution was signed in 1787 there have been 11,000…

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