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The Romans are one of the societies that have influenced America the most. We do vote for representatives, and we do have advisors and councils. While they do have different names, they have the same functions. -
It influenced our government by giving our people the right to vote, and to speak freely at any meeting. While this has been more updated and not as "Say whatever you want" the system is still there, and still affects us today. -
They agreed that all men are made equal and have unalienable rights. They disagreed with separate government powers. -
They have the social right to overthrow the government if they feel they have gone too far. This influenced the founding fathers by them doing everything they could to limit the power of the government. -
I think it protects the individuality of a person, “Blackstone’s work was particularly important in elucidating the rights of individuals against the government and the protection of liberty against the actions of officials seeking to silence criticism and suppress the ability of the press to inform the public.” It is reflected when you can see that one of the most important things in American culture is individuality and freedom. -
One too make the law, one too approve the law, and one to enforce the law. Their have been changes in this over time, but the main idea has stayed the same.
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The three bodies were executive, judicial, and legislative. Congress could raise money only by asking the states for funds, borrowing from foreign governments, or selling western lands. In addition, Congress could not draft soldiers or regulate trade. -
The first part of the Declaration of Independence is the preamble. It more focuses on explaining why they can do it. It tells them how man has the right to be free. The second part is a listing of why they are doing it, with all the complaints at the bottom. Then it explains what their doing, telling everyone that they are separating from Brittain. -
It's more or less telling them what their going to do. They explain who they are, put in some reasons, and explain. They did it as more of an opening statement, just in more flowery language. -
I think the First Amendment was the most important. I think it's the most important because it puts a limit on Congress. The government can be criticized, and they can learn and adapt from the feedback. -
He set the presidents for how what kinds of activities the president could participate in on a local and small level.
He chose a cabinet, his personal secretaries, and advisors. A president is the leader of the army or at least a leader of it. There was no “Your Majesty” or “Your Highness” just Mr. President is something he made sure of. You could not be president for life, you had to step down eventually. You could only be a president for a maximum of 2 terms. -
The Democratic-Republican party was the party he helped found. He opposed the Federalists and fought them(politically) at his election. The core beliefs were that the Federalists wanted a strong federal government. The government was still new, and the federal government didn’t even have an army. The D-R party wanted more power to the states. -
Madison wrote the Federalist's essays. He wrote them along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. Madison states, "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man". His solution, as he states, is to either get rid of the cause of the faction or control its effects. He also says to get rid of liberty but heavily implies that you shouldn't do that, just that freedom is a cause.