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The Bill of Rights was introduced to the Crown –William and Mary on the condition that they didn’t behave like James II; the exercise of their power and prerogative was slightly less. This was not however put in place to minimise the crowns importance but to give constitutional principle value e.g. free election of MPs, no excessive fines or bails etc. One of the feature of the Bill of Rights which may have narrowed the power of the Crown was the clause that states that it was against the law…

In the United States of America, you have millions of people from all walks of life who accompany residences, and travel through our country. Hundreds of thousands of refugees try to get pass U.S borders to get into this nation, but fail to do so due to the executive branches enforcement on laws which prevent it. However, if you were to take a brief moment and look back at the early stages of the making of states into states, you would see that we began as colonists from other countries…

The Statue of liberty is built on Liberty Island, in New York City was completed on October 28th1886. The Statue of liberty used to be called the Liberty Enlightening the world. The meaning behind this statue is freedom. This meaning is, because Immigrates traveled to the statue of liberty to become free and have a better life. The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, along with the architects Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin and Richard Morris Hunt and Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc. It took eleven…

A lot of people around the world perceive Americans as conceited and rude. Americans frequently incline to be very positive in their views about everything, in specific many Americans consider their state and their mode of life is (perceptibly) the top. And top in complete sense - the top for anybody. (Arrogance) This is frequently pooled with overall lack of information of other nations (Ignorance). The main reason for USA being hated though being most powerful nation is that it has done…

Recreational Legalization of Marijuana One of the most prominent drugs in the past couple decades is making its imprint in todays most talked about debates. Marijuana is steadily making its comeback and is on the rise among all ages across the United States. Recently states have chosen to take it upon their legislation to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana. Although marijuana is currently considered a “Schedule 1” drug, many states has looked past that to see the many benefits from…

After the American Revolutionary, United States established itself as an independence nation. The United States become a strong nation where market evolves over the course of time. “Significant institutional evolution and even highly dysfunctional institutions can be successfully transformed. For example, Botswana managed to build a functioning democracy after its independence from Britain and become the fastest-growing country in the world.” (Acemoglu) This is significance because it resembles…

On October 1, 2015 a gunman, at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, opened fire in a classroom taking innocent lives of many as well as his own. In response, President Barrack Obama politicizes the issue of gun violence and asks the general public to help in the reformation of gun laws. In an online article by Rebecca Harrington, she summarizes and responds to an episode of “Last Week Tonight” in which John Oliver discusses the issue of gun violence. Politicians have dodged the issue…

things. Marites Pakib was born and raised in Cebu, Philippines. She was the youngest of 8 and they really were not wealthy, but her parents made enough to get by. When she was in school there, her and her family did not get government assistance. In the U.S, families who do not make as much money get government assistance as far as food stamps and disability checks. “The government may have had a budget for it, but the corrupted government officials did nothing but put it in their pocket,”…

As the United States was emerging out of the Great Depression and celebrating victory in World War II, brands that produced combat materials had to find a way to stay in business. (???) There has always been a push for international travel, but it is also important for Americans to explore their own country. These themes from the time period are exemplified by an advertisement for the Lockheed Constellation named “The Leader to Paris- the Leader at Home,” published in the New Yorker in September…

Freedom can be seen throughout collection 2 of our textbook. The idea of freedom can be found in the “I Have a Dream speech” by Martin Luther King Jr. The idea of freedom is also found in “from Cairo: My City, Our Revolution” by Ahdaf Soueif. Another selection that the idea of freedom can be found in is “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela. The idea of freedom can be found in the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. . Freedom is shown in this speech when Martin Luther talks about…