Congress of Vienna

the United States, in Congress assembled.” Seeing as the United States separated from Britain, a monarchy, the first draft of American government did not have a strong centralized government.…

In 1775, the Olive Branch Petition was written by the Second Continental Congress, in attempt to stay loyal to the King, but for him to end the violence. They were talking on behalf of the Loyalists, and the Patriots, were not interested in this petition. The Patriots wanted to separation from Britain. In 1776, Thomas Paine wrote Common sense, written on behalf of all the colonists. He wrote about the need of democratic electives and independence. He wanted all to know that the King was not…

government. Another example of the overwhelming power of the states was that each state had their own form of military.* Congress did not have the jurisdiction to fight back against internal and external disputes, so retribution was left up to the states. An instance is Shay’s Rebellion of 1786 when citizens initially protested peacefully against taxes. It turned violent and since Congress couldn’t raise an army, rich men in Massachusetts had to gather money together for a militia. State…

has been appearing more and more in Congress. Mandatory volunteerism is the act of forcing young adults to give up years of their lives for government service. The act of the government forcing volunteering is unconstitutional. Mandatory Volunteerism is unconstitutional. Nowhere in the founding document of the United States can it be found stating the action of forcing government service as being constitutional. America’s founding documents do not give Congress the authority to require…

American history because of his “democratic” views. The era of the “common man” marked the beginning for American democracy where ordinary people had a say in the government. To Jackson, democracy meant that all agencies of the government, including the congress, the president, National Bank, and Supreme Court must listen and follow to the wishes of the people. However, Jackson still had certain ideas about who were included in the people, and opposers of Jackson claimed he was more autocratic…

It’s hard to imagine what it would be like living many years in prison.Mandela was in prison for 27 years Nelson Mandela is important to us because he was the first democratically elected president of South Africa, after being imprisoned for 27 years, and overcoming obstacles to inspire the world. Nelson Mandela was born Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in Transkei, South Africa. He was later named Nelson when he entered school because his…

The American population is conditioned to trust and accept any information that the United States government provides to them. Although there are many individuals in these branches that are fighting for the people, there has been countless incidences when the populace has been deceived. The film “Unconstitutional: The War On Our Civil Liberties” examines the Patriot Act, and how, in a time of crisis, the United States government used the distress of the American people to gain ultimate power.…

The year 1364 was the first reported use of a firearm, and they have been around ever since. They have become bigger, more lethal, and more complicated. Are they lethal, or when the firearms get into the wrong hands do they become lethal and dangerous to society. The Government cannot take away something that only so many people use in the wrong way compared to those millions using them the right way. There is double the amount of guns now then there were in 1968. Existing gun laws should not be…

Indira Gandhi; Mother India or Tyrant Indira Gandhi leaves a divided legacy. To the poor she is a hero. She is Mother India, who helped the underprivileged with her social welfare programs and the mother of the Green Revolution, which helped make India self-sufficient in grain productions. For others she is the architect of the Emergency, a dark period in India’s history when democracy was suppressed and political enemies we put down or…

states. Article II from the Articles of Confederation states, “Each State retains its Sovereignty, freedom 1231.3 and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled” (United States, Article II). To elaborate, it means that each state is responsible for their own affairs and that the national government is to remain separate. Through the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Government had…