Summary of the Articles of Confederation Article I: The name of the new confederacy is “The United States of America” Article II: Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, independence, and every power not specifically granted to the new Congress. Article III: This confederacy is a “league of friendship” among the states for *common defense *securing their liberties *their shared welfare They will protect each other from attack. Article IV: All free inhabitants
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the U.S. economy Executive Summary -The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is a free trade agreement initiated in 2005 and was joined by the U.S. in 2008 which proposes to liberalize trade in the Asia-Pacific region. -Negotiations are ongoing and held in secret. While the FTA’s existence and meetings are public knowledge, most of the information is classified and kept from U.S. government officials. However, several documents have been leaked to
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The purpose of this research is to examine the events and issues surrounding the Boston Tea Party. The intention of the research will be to set the overall order of issues that emerged and establish the political context in which the Tea Party would take place, and then to discuss the impact of the incident on the colonies, that would ultimately lead to the Revolutionary War. Understanding the importance of the Boston Tea Party cannot be obtained without an understanding of the issues and events
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Roosevelt, objected to this bill. In a letter accompanying his veto of it, he stated: “I share with the Congress the conviction that legislation dealing with the relations between management and labor is necessary. I heartily condemn abuses on the part of unions and employers, and I have no patience with stubborn insistence on private advantage to the detriment of the public interest. “But this bill is far from a solution of those problems.” Despite the Veto, congress voted to override it on June 23
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However, in 1917, the US Congress declared war against Germany forces due to two main reasons. First, the US government had signed an agreement with the Germany government that the Germany Submarines should not attack passenger ships in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. In February 1917, the Germany violated this agreement which annoyed the US government. Second, the Germany government had written a letter advising Mexico to attack the US. This letter was intercepted by the British
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British Empire preserved for a few more generations in its strength and splendour” which he wrote in a letter to the viceroy of India this suggests Britain’s need for a strong empire ruled by the British government with no space for independence. Churchill's views where also shared by the British public however the events of the war changed this view enabling India's independence. Indian congress suffered a split which improved its ability to gain support from the British government “India became
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Congress had named him “American Hannibal”. At the beginning of the war people admired him and what he was doing for the country. Throughout the years Benedict Arnold did many great things for us Americans. He began to lose respect from other generals and
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of the Patriot Act. Section 505 expands the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the FBI’s authority to issue National Security Letters or NSLs demanding customer records from various public establishments. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (2011), an organization dedicated to the protection of the constitutional rights of the people, “The National Security Letter provision of the
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Also no state created privilege has held up in federal cases. A decade later, as part of the IRS reform, Congress enacted IRC §7525. The section provides that with respect to tax advice, the same common law protections of confidentiality which apply to a communication between a taxpayer and an attorney shall also apply to a communication between a taxpayer
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Furthermore, events of James Madison being a president. Just prior to James Madison's assumption of office, Congress passed the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809, which replaced Jefferson's failed embargo. It allowed the resumption of world trade with the exclusion of trade with England and France, thus barring French and British vessels from American ports. In the event that one of these nations removed its restrictions against American trade, the President was empowered to remove restrictions against
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