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govern and somehow produce money. The economy would grow as well as the country with people having to find new and fast ways to get from place to place. They would also need to start taking strides in that all men are created equal and deserve equal rights. Over the years there would be improvements made to find a better way for the government, economy, and social factors in the country. The United States government is made of three branches the legislative, executive, and judicial branch to…

When defining an American having their own freedom is the really big topic that we think about. With freedom we have the right to be whoever we wish to be. The nation's first amendment stated that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”Without the first amendment…

The First Amendment to the United States Bill of Rights establishes freedom of religion and is referred to as establishing the separation of church and state, definitively stating the religion and government should not be mixed. This amendment was ratified in 1791 when the United States was establishing the basic laws of the new country. It forbade the U.S. Congress from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (U.S. Constitution,…

freedoms and rights that people around the time of 1791 did not have. Back then people could not speak freely or petition against government. They had no rights to worship freely. The bill of rights was made because of these acts of unjust. The bill of rights is a document that states the basic rights a U.S. citizen has. It consists of the first 10 amendments of the U.S. constitution. Some of these amendments include rights like the freedom of speech or the freedom to bear arms. These rights…

The Magna Carta was a revolutionary document that established general principles that shaped England today by establishing a parliament, not allowing the king to tax without consent of the people, not allowing unqualified people to hold public office, and allowing free men be judged guilty by a jury of his peers. The charter established a council of barons, made up of common citizens, to limit the King's power and to serve as the people’s legislature. “ Not all fines that have been made by us…

be defined simply as the first amendment of the United States Constitution. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”1 Or do they think of it as independence? I can do what I want, however I want. Freedom takes on a different meaning in my eyes. It simply means that…

Virginia B.O.E vs. Barnette, the freedoms given unto the minority religious groups were in danger of being taken away and in the end, from the Barnette decision, the overturning of Gobitis opened the door for many other minority groups to realize what rights they have and the majority which included school and public officials could not take those away from them. In future cases that involved minority religious groups, one that involved Seventh-day Adventists was Sherbet v. Verner, in which an…

Would America have thrived without the Bill of Rights? Without the Bill of Rights, the Constitution would not have been formed. James Madison promise of individual rights calmed the debate between the Federalist and the Anti-federalist, which aided in the ratification of this document. The reassurance that federal government would not resemble that of England, which impose on individual liberties, must be maintained to keep the promise of the democratic experiment of a more perfect union. It is…

concentrates on the criminal and civil legal proceedings. Additionally, it is considered one component of The Bill of Rights. Research by the Legal Information Institute (n.d.) Illustrated that The Fifth Amendment is divided into criminal and civil laws. In criminal circumstances, it guarantees the right to a grand jury, forbids double jeopardy, and protects against self-incrimination. In terms of civil rights, it requires that due process of law be part of any proceeding that denies a citizen…

compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."(Bill of…