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In March of 1765, British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. The American colonists had not been paying their taxes for quite a while, so Parliament decided to begin taxing them on every piece of printed paper they bought. This included all licenses, newspapers, legal and ship documents, even tobacco and playing cards. The revenue from the collected taxes was used to keep peace between the Native Americans and the colonists. However, the new taxes made the colonists very upset, they did not…

The Patriot Act: A Need For Change The United States Constitution states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause” (Cornell University Law School). These are the rights given by the constitution. America is seen as the land of the free. It is a place where the government is by and for the people, where people’s rights shall be…

Ever since the incident on September 11, 2001 we had an act that was passed in haste only 45 days after the attack.We had an act that was passed by George W Bush in a time of fear and unease . Even though we 're trying to protect American liberties from enemies, it is wrong to take away individual rights. One act before the patriot act was Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1968 Also called “Wiretap Statute” which restricted the government 's ability to listen to private conversation,…

The Stamp Act, passed in 1765, was the first British Act enacted that directly affected the colonists. This act placed a mandate on all paper goods. Colonists were required to buy and place stamps on all paper products including playing cards, wills, and contracts. Since this was affecting the colonists directly, their response was notable. Sam Adams, a colonial rebel, formed a group called Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty rebelled against British policies, fought taxation and protected the…

The Patriot Act is a government bill hastily passed after the days of the 911 terrorist attacks. In essence it is essentially an extension of a currently existing program called FISA, which allows for spying on other countries. This program costs a total of 64 billion dollars a year. And it also allows for government overreach in the form of civilian surveillance which is supposed to be prohibited by the 4th amendment (Costly 2). However the Patriot Act hasn't stopped any terrorist attacks…

Stamp act- The Stamp Act of 1765 was passed by the British Parliament which meant all Americans were required to pay tax on each individual piece of paper they used, such as legal documents, newspapers, license etc. The money that was collected by the tax collectors was used to help protect the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. The actual cost of the tax was evidently small but what made the law so cruel to colonist (Americans) was not the instant cost of the tax but the standard…

Kareti Acts of Congress Annotated Bibliography Equal Pay Act of 1963 "The Equal Pay Act of 1963." U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2016. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 prohibits the discrimination of pay based on sex. An employer must pay an individual based on skill, performance, and effort in the given field of occupation. Subsection one states that three exceptions are made when it comes to pay: seniority, merit, or quality of production. Subsection two act…

Have you ever heard of the Stamp Act? Well if you haven’t you might want to keep reading! The Stamp Act was a very great and known for the use of buying stamps. Every time you had to use a stamp you had to pay for it. Taxes in America existed throughout the colonial period prior to the American Revolution. Colonial governments relied on a variety of taxes to support themselves including poll, property and excise taxes. The great Boston Patriot, Samuel Adams, was himself a tax collector and trust…

The 2001 Patriot Act has been apart of everyday life for Americans, whether in the form of TSA at an airport or the NSA, and many find this act to be unconstitutional. Article I. What the Patriot act is. The Patriot act was a law signed in by congress after the September 11th terrorist attacks. The main purpose of the act is to prevent another catastrophic terrorist attack like 9/11. How the Patriot act goes about preventing that is another question. The act is found to be unconstitutional to…

Congress passed in act in 2002, which was titled the Sarbanes-Oxley act. This act was created in order to protect investors, which includes shareholders and stakeholders from fraudulent accounting practices (Protiviti 2011). The creators of the Sarbanes-Oxley act were Paul Sarbanes, and Michael Oxley. The act was designed to provide regulation for financial practices, and to provide corporate governance. The idea behind the Sarbanes-Oxley act was to provide some time of governing body regarding…