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    Philip Axelrod’s Final Socratics Seminar Questions Founding of the U.S 1) Where should the power lie within the US.? (state/local level, national level) Neither, there must be balance between local and national government. An example where almost complete power was held at the national level was the British rule of the colonies. Although this rule did lend to economic and political stability (despite falling apart pre revolution), the physical separation of the British national government from the

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    evidence. Walter E. Williams, a professor of economics at George Mason University, recently published an article entitled “Liberal and Progressive Vision”in which he discussed different views of gun control. Williams argued against any form of gun control, implying that America’s widespread bearing of arms keeps gun violence down due to the promise of possible return fire. The article went on to say that widespread gun ownership among private citizens is the only reason we are not all currently

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    the Constitution was so effective and how the Articles of Confederation benefitted the ratification of the new U.S. Government. As it turns out, the delegates elected to attend Pennsylvania were mainly people who had served in Congress and had experience in the weakness of the Articles in granting too little power to the national government. In addition, the delegates were appointed by the state legislatures, not by the people, as justified by the Articles of Confederation.

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    Green Building Case Paper

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    In order to clear up the important risks and common issues related to green building projects, let’s analyze the following litigation cases: Lawsuit 1: “Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) v. City of Albuquerque, Civ. No. 08-0633, 2008”. In this case, the Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) filed a claim against the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2008 because the City had implemented the new green building regulations for Heating, Ventilating

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    demise. Drawing from two renowned thinkers of the time, Baron de Montesquieu and Brutus (pen name), the face of the anti-federalists, the founding fathers tried to grapple with the immense of task of creating a government from scratch. The failed Articles of Confederation, proved the fact for the need of a stronger executive

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    There are three primary dissimilarities between the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation. Firstly, the Constitution advocated for a strong national government, which the Articles were deficient in. This is because the drafters of the Articles failed to include legislations that would promote a powerful central government, which would eventually cause major issues in the colonies. Following the Revolutionary war, each state considered itself to be sovereign and as such refused to give up

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    A Constitution is a document which consists of regulations and laws which govern a state or country. In the United States, Federalists and Antifederalists contributed greatly to the scope of American’s political, constitutional, and democratic history. For example, Federalists strongly supported the Constitution and played a key role in helping to shape it from the 18th century with a hopeful aim of strengthening the government. On the opposite side, Antifederalists opposed the constitution and

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    filing in through the Southern colonies and colonists. Although there was a multitude of problems that were being faced at the time, like the outcome of the future of their homeland, due to the constant warfare between the colonies involving the Articles of Confederation and the unorganized Louisiana Purchase, along with certain social, political, and economic concerns, displayed through the Land Ordinance of 1785- A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate

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    Nutmeg State History

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    Chase Benivegna 4/24/17 Social Studies Connecticut’s Land was being used by the Native Americans before it was made a State. The state was made on January 9 1788. Connecticut work with other colonies to build up a government. Thomas Hooker and Samuel Stone led a group of 100 people which then founded the settlement of Hartford. Thomas was a well known Preacher of his time and a writer on Christian subjects. A minister of Cambridge, Massachusetts one of the founders of Hartford and

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    During the 19th century a large portion of mistakes Latin America made came from not believing in themselves. Marti argued a government needed to believe in its people. He implied that as a whole, the leaders (government) needed to worry less about foreign nations and more about their own. Marti said that “To be a governor of a new country means to be a creator.” He wants his nation to continue advancing and not fall back into its old conservative ways. As a nation, they needed to look forward

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