Bill of Rights

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The history of the civil rights movement in the United States actually begins with the early efforts of the fledgling democracy. 1783 -- Massachusetts outlaws slavery within its borders. 1808 -- Importation of slaves banned; illegal slave trade continues. 1831 -- Nat Turner leads slave rebellion in Virginia; 57 whites killed; U.S. troops kill 100 slaves; Turner caught, tried and hanged. 1833 -- Oberlin College, first U.S. college to adopt co-education, is first to refuse

Barack Obama’s election (presidential election US) -The 44th President of US and 18th representative of the Democratic Party. -Democratic Party: created by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison… against Federalism, policies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton… and in favour of the Bill of Rights. - 1srt : called Democratic Republican Party -1800: Thomas Jefferson : 1srt Democratic-Republican President. -Presidential campaign of 1828: John Quincy Adams : The Democratic-Republican Party splits: two

1755 : commander-in-chief of the Virginia militia > defending thr frontier. Was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses (1759-74), opposed England’s land policies * 1775, was chosen commander-in-chief of the Continental Army > war of 6 years. * To correct shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation, was chosen to preside the Constitutional Convention 1787. * Was elected President after the ratification of the Constitution. Opposition among members of his cabinet (Jefferson and

The American constitution, which was written in Philadelphia en 1787, defines the basis of the American government; it’s also the highest law of the country. It created the republic, the democracy where the power belongs to the American people by means of their representatives. 1/ founding principles of the constitution: The people who founded the constitution were people with large knowledge about politic, philosophy and history, and had a precise idea about what should be a “government”.

VALUES, WHATEVER THEY ARE  WON’T HOLD US TOGETHER” During the last decades, Britain has been shacked with political troubles especially by the terrorist attacks of the last years in London; Linda Colley, (born in 1949) is a leading historian of Britain, empire and nationalism. She is currently Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University in the United States. In this article “BRITISH VALUES, WHATEVER THEY ARE  WON’T HOLD US TOGETHER” published on May 18th, 2006 by a daily

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American History. 1775-1783 : American Revolutionary war 1776: Declaration of independance 1789: Bill of rights November 1773: Boston Tea Party 1846-1848: Mexican war 1809-1865: Abraham Lincoln 1860-1865: Lincoln President 1848-1852: Californian Gold Rush January 1st, 1892- November 12th 1954: Ellis Island October 24th, 1929: Black Thursday 1919-1933: Prohibition [pic] :means “consequences” Arnaud: American Revolutionnary war: From 1775 to 1783 In America and Europe

geôlier et non au prisonnier afin que celui-ci produise le détenu devant la Cour (« Aie le corps [la personne du prisonnier], [avec toi, en te présentant devant la Cour] afin que son cas soit examiné »). Bill of rights : Angleterre ; 1689 : La Déclaration des droits (ou Bill of Rights en anglais) est un texte imposé en 1689 aux souverains d'Angleterre (Guillaume III et Marie II) à la suite de la Glorieuse Révolution. Il définit les principes de la monarchie parlementaire en Angleterre.

inalienable right The right to bear arms is part of the constitution (Second Amendment) and goes back to pioneering times, when men had to fight in order to defend their freedom and property. 2nd Amendment to the Constitution Il garantit pour tout citoyen américain le droit de porter des armes. Il fait partie des dix amendements passés le 15 décembre 1791, couramment appelés « Déclaration des Droits » (Bill of Rights). “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state

States 1 c. Canada. 1 Section 2: Historic Origins and The Reception of European Law 2 2.1. Brief History. 2 a. Franco-British Conflicts 2 b. Articles of Capitulation of Montréal (1760) 3 2.2 The Colonial Regime and the Reception of English Law 3 Treaty of Paris (1763) 3 a. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 (put into force in 1764) 3 b. The Principles of the Reception of English Law 4 *Campbell v. Hall [1774] 4 c. Quebec Act (1774)