LAD #5: Federalist #10.

1. There are numerous reasons why destroying a faction is very difficult, starting with the fact that they were somewhat good for early America. Factions protect the minority and with so many out there control of the government doesn't go to just one group because there is so much competition. As long as people have different opinions, amounts of property and money factions will exist.

2. the Federalist #10 states that there are basically two ways to control a faction, removeing its causes and controlling its effects. This can be done many ways, one is majority vote, if the majority is voting then that faction is controlled and at least semi democratic.

Log #4 - Revolution Article

1. The Civil War was consider the first "modern" war mainly because cameras existed.

2. Washington never had any really inspiring speeches, like Lincoln did, concerning the Revolutionary War.

3. Paintings of the time period were not very accurate descriptions of what really happened, for example dead bodies were all over but not in the paintings.

4. Many soldiers went about naked, or partially naked because of lack of supplies.

5. Lastly prisoners were killed on both sides! I'm not talking mayhap a bit here or there, more than 50%! that's ridiculous!

LAD #3: Declaration of Independence

1. Democratic Principals: Well in the first sentence the democratic principals are shown, "All men are created equal" thats one of the most democratic ideas of America. The unalienalbe rights came next, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, whatever that may be. The next one is a biggy, the government derives its powers from the people, and that leads into the fact that if people are unsatisfied with the government then they have the right to abolosh or reform it any way they see fit.

2. The list of greviences against the king, they had a bunch but the ones that are particurally important or relivant were, quartering large bodies of armed troops amoung us. Cutting off our trade with the rest of the world. Imposeing taxes without their consent, impressing sailors. Killed the American people with mercinaries and soliders. Destroying the colonies self government they had created. Lastly the fact that even thought the colonists have offered peace agreements the king has rejected them.

3. Conclusion: The statment that the states are free and independent, they will no longer take orders from the crown. With this new freedom they have the power to wage war, make peace, and control their own economy. The list of names came afterwards in a silent statment of a revolution

LAD #2: John Peter Zenger:

Zenger was a publisher of a weekly newspaper in New York to voice his dislike for a certain governor, in this case William Cosby

Well the controversy was that he was charged with saying "scandales" things about the governor, which HE claimed were false, however libel (what he was charged with) is only valid if the things Zenger were writing happened to be lies. So Hamaltions defense was the truth, his client was not in fact lying about the things he said in his Newspaper

Well this set a precedent against judicial tyranny during libel cases

The lasting effect was the huge victory concerning the freedom of the press in the colonies, not only had Zenger been charged by a royal governor, he also got away scot free.

LAD #1 Mayflower Compact & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:

The concepts in the Mayflower Compact include these, the colonists would band together for the common good of each other. And with the witness of god and others they would meet together for the good of their colony, also makeing laws, acts, ordinances, and constitutions. Basically these people banned together for the saftey of numbers and to keep order amoungst themselves to prevent chaos.

Old and New worlds are mixed into the Mayflower Compact in what I think is specified by who they claim as witnesses and where they signed the actual document. They claim God (a given of both worlds) King James, who is old world, also France, Ireland also Old world. They claim these rigths for the land of Virginia, a New world item included. The last New world assosiation they use is Cape-Cod where they signed the actual compact.

A big difference that I first noticed is the length, the Mayflower Compact sort of just promised that the colonists would work together for the better of the colony but the Fundimental Order was very specific on what would happen, and when it would happen. It was also much more organized, with an intro paragraph then numbered laws to be followed.

I think the colonists decided to write everything down in a constitution there and then to prevent "confusion" and/or people getting away with something that they could have origianlly gotten around. This also sets out exactly what is going on and when, just like Hammurabi's Code. All the laws are there for everyone to see and agree upon and if you dont follow those then punishment is iminent.

Wow for this question it is basically in every law, most of them limited years in which people could be in power. This is so new people could be switched out in a couple of years if they were corrupt, thus not in power for life. Basically stopping an Aristocracy from happening, ever. They had a huge fear of this because many of them came to the colonies to escape persecution made by this way of government. They safeguarded from this by creating, limited years in which people could serve, a voteing system so each qualified person could vote. Also the fact that there were many people in power, not just one, so no one person could get to powerful, also creating a primitive version of "checks and balances" Meeting were created to also help with the checks and balances

i have to say, these people were REALLY paraniod about giveing the government to much power, almost a little to much...

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